Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2826CB9
    Site Name
    Voortrek Memorial: OP Trek Na Ons Eie, Dutch Reformed Church, Brandfort
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    clinton.jackson
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
    Monuments & Memorials Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Off
    Site Recording Admin Comments
    Purpose:Date Unveiled: 1988Designer: Builder: Person/Institution Commemorated: Recorder Name: Mpho Vilakazi
    Classifications
    Monument Type
    Description

    It was build after the church.

    Original Position
    Not moved.
    Contains Animal figures?
    No
    Contains Human figures?
    No
    Construction Date Comment
    1838
    Construction Materials
    Stone.
    Pedestal Material
    Cement
    Event Commemorated
    It was meant to commemorate the building of the church.
    Inscriptions
    OP Trek na on eie. Hierdie gedenkteken is deur 'n dankbarel nageslag opgerig om die groot trek te gedenk.
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -28.702023, 26.461442
      Free State
      • Lejweleputswa
      • Masilonyana
      Directions to Site
      Along Road R103 travel past Hillcrest Centre. Travel, making sure you keep watch to your left hand side. Along R103 Road, you should see the names Botha's Hill imprinted on a white Board on your left side of the road. Immediately after you should see Botha's Hill Railway station on your left.
      Access details
      Outside the church on the side of the main street
      Media
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