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Ostrich kraal wall
Vosburg, Northern Cape
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Click to view large map Coordinates: | Article by P.J. van der Merwe in DIE BURGER Saturday 10 December 1950. Op enkele plase in die binneland van Kaapland is nog oorblyfsels te sien van myle lange klipmure wat in die negentiende eeu as omheinings van volstruiskampe gedien het. Die foto is geneem op Dronkmodderfontein, 19 myl anderkant Vosburg. Die muur is teen die einde van die 1870's of vroeg in die 1880's deur mnr. Piet van der Westhuizen, destydse eienaar van die plaas, gebou. Dronkmodderfontein is een van die oudste plase in die omgewing en behoort teenswoordig [1950] aan mnr. Johannes van der Westhuizen. Translation. On some farms in the interior of the Cape, remains can still be seen of mile-long stone walls that served as enclosures for ostrich camps in the nineteenth century. The photo was taken at Dronkmodderfontein, 19 miles beyond Vosburg. The wall was built in the late 1870s or early 1880s by Mr. Piet van der Westhuizen, then owner of the farm. Dronkmodderfontein is one of the oldest farms in the area and currently [1950] belongs to Mr. Johannes van der Westhuizen. This is a double-skinned random rubble stone wall, with soil filled cavity. |
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