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Corbelled House Aasvoëlsvlei, Carnarvon, Northern Cape

Date: mid 1800s? Client: Occupant Type: Corbelled House Style: Vernacular Status: Ruin

An ensemble of three corbelled structures, the two earlier linked by a later central insert, all constructed of exposed local shale slate stone. There is evidence of internal mudbrick walls in the one for subdividing the space.