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Date: 1938 Type: Monument Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 29°50'59.28" S 25°38'45.60" E Alt: 1340m

A monument of blue dolerite (iron stone), erected in 1938, toilets of brick, a few reed and grass structures, a corrugated iron shed and a donkey-boiler of stone. Boomplaats is the site of the historical battle of 29 August 1848 between the British forces under the command of the Governor of the Cape, Sir Harry Smith, and a Boer Commando led by Gen. Andries Pretorius. The Monument was erected on 16 December 1938 as a memorial to the burghers of the Orange Free State who perished here. Declared a National Monument December 15, 1989 by Government Notice No 2709. Now a Provincial Heritage Site. (THE PROPERTIES OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN HERITAGE RESOURCES AGENCY pp20)