Inventory Reference
Formal Gradings
Grading
Grade IIIa
Grading Date
GradingComment

The mausoleum contains graves that have cement/brick dressing and headstone as well as graves marked using crosses and zinc plates (Figure 36). Some graves are just soil mounds Grading by: Nkosinathi Godfrey Tomose

Statement of Significance

This is Charlestown Muslim burial site. The mausoleum contains graves that have cement/brick dressing and headstone as well as graves marked using crosses and zinc plates. Some graves are just soil mounds. Graves in this mausoleum are oriented in different directions. Some have typical/traditional graves orientation which is east-west whilst others have south- north  orientation. Like CHST-2 the south-north orientation is peculiar. This Muslim place of burial is still actively used by Muslims –either in Charlestown or nearby© Nkosinathi Godfrey Tomose Projects & Heritage Consultants (Pty) Ltd Page 74Volksrust. The Mausoleum contains approximately 60 graves.