Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2921AB4
Site Name
Camel Thorn Tree, Gibbon Street, Kenhardt
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 17:50
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 17:50.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Primary?
On
Site Recording Admin Comments
Purpose:Date Unveiled: 1981Designer: Builder: Person/Institution Commemorated: Magistrate M Jackson and his policeRecorder Name: Shadine Steenkamp and Nandipha Khumalo
Classifications
Monument Type
Original Position
It is at its Original position
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Event Commemorated
The tree was used as a spot for meetings over 500 years ago.
Unveiled Comment
National Monuments Council
Inscriptions
Magistrate M Jackson Spent and his police spent the night of 27 December under this tree en route to the areas of unrest along the orange river during the following Korqna Disturbances. This spot became the most remote Administrative Police and Military Headquarters in the Cape. The tree is estimated to between 500 and 600 years old. Monuments council ~1981.
Location
Location
Mapping
-29.345624, 21.151995
Northern Cape
- Z F Mgcawu
- Kai !Garib
Directions to Site
Sanparks Thesen Island
Access details
The tree is easily accessible. It is situated in town.
Media
Media
Images uploaded directly to Site
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