Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3226CB2
Site Name
Post Retief, Fort Beaufort District
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:13
Last modified
Thursday, October 24, 2024 - 21:53
Structures
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Location
Location
Mapping
-32.50427, 26.528894
KML File
Post Retief_10m.kml (1.63 KB)
Eastern Cape
- Amathole
- Raymond Mhlaba
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Farm 58, Fort Beaufort
Gradings
Grading
Autoid
Submitted by
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 27/06/2012 - 02:00.
Grading
Grade II
GradingComment
archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency
Statement of Significance
Post Retief was designed by Major C Selwyn and built in 1836 to protect the Winterberg District. The farm on which the fort is situated originally belonged to the Voortrekker leader Piet Retief and sections of the old walls of the Retief home are included in the fort.
Declarations
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration Type
Declaration Description
The historic fort known as Post Retief, with 10 metres of surrounding land, situate on a certain piece of quitrent land called Post Retief, in the Division of Fort Beaufort, and measuring as such one thousand five hundred and twenty-eight (1 528) morgen.
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
4855
Notice Date
Notice Number
1821
Archive Status
National monument
4855-1821.pdf (206.83 KB)
Media
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