Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2725BB15
Site Name
1st Directive Monument of the Transvaal Mission station, Wolmaranstad, Wolmaransstad
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, March 19, 2021 - 16:50
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Friday, March 19, 2021 - 16:50.
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Inventory Reference
Recording date
Recorders
Primary?
Off
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
It serves as a directive measure to the Transvaal Mission Station that is located in Witpoort about 9 miles from Wolmaransstad. The commemorative Cairn serve as direction to the Mission Station in Witpoort. It will lead a person to the 2nd directive Monument.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Builder
Construction Materials
Granite
Stone
Pedestal Material
Concrete
Person/Institution Commemorated
Event Commemorated
It commemorates Rev. S. Broadbent and Rev. T. L Hodgson who were the first to cross the Vaal River.
Inscriptions
/Nine miles from here on the farm Witpoort, is the site of the first Transvaal mission station established in 1822 by the Rev. S. Broadbent and Rev. T. L. Hodgson, Wesleyan Missionaries. They were the first Missionaries to cross the Vaal River/
Location
Location
Mapping
-27.200014, 25.984747
North West
- Dr Kenneth Kaunda
- Maquassi Hills
Directions to Site
Next to the Seoding road on your way to the Kalahari high school.
Access details
Accessible to everyone
Media
Media
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