Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3327AA20
Site Name
Dick King Statue, Quarry Street, Peddie
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 - 11:03
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 - 11:03.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Recorders
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
The Plaque is missing and the Memorial has been vandalized, so the is not much information on the Memorial.
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
Memorial Statue of a British soldier who rode through Peddie in a horse for 10 days from Port Natal to Grahamstown in during the frontier wars of 1842. He rode from Port Natal passing Peddie to Grahamstown in May 26 to June 6 1842.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
Yes
Construction Materials
Concrete
Pedestal Material
Stone
Person/Institution Commemorated
Event Commemorated
Frontier wars 1842. Commemorated Dick King
Inscriptions
/This Memorial commemorates the epic 1842 ride of Dick King, who covered the 960-km distance between Port Natal (now Durban) and Grahamstown on horseback in ten days, in order to request help for the besieged British garrison at Port Natal/
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.198472, 27.116224
Eastern Cape
- Amathole
- Ngqushwa
Directions to Site
It's in the corner between Komani Street and Titsa Road, Opposite the police station in Cala.
Access details
Accessible to anyone
Media
Media
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