Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2827AB1
    Site Name
    Leghoya Village, Waterval, Sandrivierhoogte, Ventersburg District
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Archaeology Recordings
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    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Site Recording Admin Comments
    Archive Import

    Bibliography archive: Walton, J Early Ghoya Settlement in the Orange Free State, Nationlal Museum, Bloemfontein, 1965. Stow, G W, The Native Races of South Africa, Londen, 1905.
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Archaeological Time Periods
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -28.255604, 27.080639
      Free State
      • Lejweleputswa
      • Matjhabeng
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 310
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

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      Statement of Significance

      This village, which dates from the seventeenth century with its characteristic corbelled huts and stone kraals, is an excellent example of the architecture and way of life of the Leghoya in the Free State.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The property together with the Leghoya Village thereon, being a certain portion of the farm Waterval 310, situate in the Administrative District of Ventersburg and measuring 3,6659 hectares, described as the figure ABCDEFGA on Surveyor's Diagram 606/81 , dated 31211982, and med in the Deeds Office in Bloemfontein and on File 2/0/V-B/1 in the office of the National Monuments Council in Cape Town.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      8481
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      2681
      Declared by (Organisation/Heritage Authority)
      Diagram Number
      606/1981
      Archive Status
      National monument
      9-2-340-2.pdf (332.64 KB)
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