Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3318AD2
Site Name
Swartland survey beacon, Klipvlei, Malmesbury District
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:17
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Structures
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.269444, 18.376389
Western Cape
- West Coast
- Swartland
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 457
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
This pyramid-shaped sandstone beacon, with its mounted platinum pin, forms the western terminal point of Sir Thomas Maclear's Zwartland survey baseline, which was laid in 1840/41. It is closely associated with the development of surveying in South Africa.
Declarations
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration Type
Declaration Description
The historic beacon, which forms the western terminal point of the Zwartland survey base line, together with four metres of surrounding land, situate on certain piece of redeemed quitrent land, near Darling, in the Division of Malmesbury, being the porti
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
7259
Notice Date
Notice Number
2080
Archive Status
National monument
7259-2080.pdf (30.84 KB)
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