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We have created a list of National Provincial monuments to help you find things to photograph. How many of these can you find and shoot? Maybe you won't be the one to have the best, prize-winning photograph, but you might be the record-breaker in terms of number of monuments "tagged and bagged" by the end of September!

The List

SAHRA-ID	Site name	Location	Town	Erf number	Province	Significance	Visual description
9/2/050/0041	Upper Needs Camp	King William's Town District	King William's Town	1947	Eastern Cape	On the site there are geological deposits containing fossils dating back to the Cretaceous Period. It is the intention to preserve the deposits for future geological research.
9/2/020/0003-001	First Church	Hilton, Cathcart District	Cathcart		Eastern Cape
9/2/033/0009	Rietvlei	Rietvlei, Graaff-Reinet District	Graaff-Reinet		Eastern Cape
9/2/033/0001-006	Hyena trap	Bluegum House, Graaff-Reinet District	Graaff-Reinet		Eastern Cape	This corbelled hyena trap was huilt to catch predators. It forms an important material link with the pioneering way of life in South Africa.
9/2/033/0001-004	Nooitgedacht	Nooitgedacht, Graaff-Reinet District	Graaff-Reinet		Eastern Cape
9/2/033/0047	Lettskraal	Lettskraal, Graaff-Reinet District	Graaff-Reinet	156	Eastern Cape	Lettskraal house and farm building are of extreme historical and architectural imporatnce. The former farm of Andries pretorius, before he left on the Great Trek, the complex at Lettskraal, despite their dilapidated conditions are probably the most intact
9/2/059/0002-004	M.O.T.H. Building	Maclear	Maclear		Eastern Cape
9/2/033/0007	Owl House	New Street	Graaff-Reinet	306	Eastern Cape		Karoo type flat roofed house with a stoep to the front. Outstanding garden features including camel yard.
9/2/070/0004	Carl E Froelich's Shop	58 Voortrekker Street	Pearston	288	Eastern Cape
9/2/087/0004	22 Victoria Road	22 Victoria Road	Steytlerville	174	Eastern Cape	A somewhat unusual variation of a Karroo cottage, in tha it does not have a flat roof. The building is in excellent condition.
9/2/346/0008	Old wagon-bridge	Jammerbergs Brug, Wepener District	Wepener	267	Free State		It is a steel arch bridge with sandstone foot pieces.
9/2/316/0011	Swalu Bridge	Landdrost, Harrismith District	Harrismith	45	Free State		It is build out of sandstone.
9/2/337/0013	Birthplace of C R de Wet	Kleinfontein, Smithfield District	Smithfield	762	Free State	These ruins are all that remain of the two-roomed clay cottage where Gen. C. R. de Wet was born on 7 October 1854. He lived here with his parents until the age of five.
9/2/340/0002	Early Sotho settlement	Waterval, Ventersburg District	Ventersburg	310	Free State	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.	The corbelled huts was built of rocks. The rock walls that was built around the huts was two metres
9/2/302/0001-001	Historic tree-garden	President Brand Street	Bloemfontein		Free State		It is trees planted in a garden.
9/2/303/0011	Powder Magazine	Boshof	Boshof	432	Free State	This powder magazine, which was designed by the architect D. E. Wentink in September 1898, is an oblong building that was built of local dolerite stone. It was presumably erected with a view to the impending Anglo-Boer War of 1899 to 1902.	It is doleriet building with a low-pitched corrugated iron roof. It has an iron-and-timber door, a
9/2/308/0004	Farm House		Clocolan		Free State
	The Burgher monument	South West of Bloemfontein	Edenburg	540	Free State	Not on file	Structures on Property: 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.
9/2/316/0024	Old Toll-bridge	Border Bridge and Oranje, Harrismith District	Harrismith		Free State		It is composed of three arches of thirty-three feet four inches, and carries a roadway of eight feet
9/2/331/0003	Karoo-house	4 Justisie Street	Philippolis	129	Free State	Fairly unchanged example of a typical Karoo-house which is the most characteristic building type of	Single storeyed Karoo-house with flat corrugated iron roof behind front parapet wall with moulded co
9/2/262/0013	Old Pumphouse		Roodepoort		Gauteng
9/2/209/0006	Farmhouse		Boksburg		Gauteng
9/2/283/0001	No. 4 Borehole and Pullinger Shaft		Westonaria		Gauteng
9/2/287/0001	Wood and Iron House		Wonderboom		Gauteng	This prefabricated verandaed cottage dating from 1907 is an unuswal example of a wood-and iron Transvaal farmhouse. The speed with which it could be unpacked and erected made it an ideal means of accommodating the owner in a short space of time. The min
9/2/223/0004	Simmer and Jack Mine Houses		Germiston		Gauteng
9/2/228/0205-001	Grave of Enoch Sontonga		Johannesburg		Gauteng
9/2/249/0001??	Old School	Anderson Street	Nigel		Gauteng
9/2/258/0018	Rooihuiskraal Battlefield		Pretoria		Gauteng	This property forms part of the Rooihuiskraal Battlefield, where the Battle of Rooihuiskraal took place on 12 February 1881 during the First War of Independence (1880-81). During the war, Pretoria was besieged by Boer forces for a period of 100 days and
9/2/258/0064	Smuts House		Pretoria		Gauteng	Field-Marshal the Rt Hon. J C Smuts, second Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa and a prominent figure in world affairs, lived in this house for a considerable part of his life.
9/2/228/0177	Mandela House	Ngakane Street	Johannesburg		Gauteng
9/2/439/0015	Izotsha River Bridge	Port Shepstone District	Port Shepstone		KwaZulu-Natal	"Built in 1907 as part of the Alfred County Railway, the bridge was later converted for narrow-gauge. It is the last iron screww pile railway bridge in KwaZulu-Natal. There are seven piers each with two 15"" cast-iron screw piles, supporting eight 30 plat"
9/2/412/0012/001	John Dube House	Ohlange Institution	Inanda	253	KwaZulu-Natal	The home of John Dube, first president of the ANC, a pioneer educationist, black editor and politica	Single storey Natal verandah house with corrugated-iron roof, redbrick walls and gable at each end o
9/2/418/0014	Isivundu House	Farm Isivundu, Lower Tugela District	Lower Tugela	1954	KwaZulu-Natal	Of historical and architectural interest - the mansion dates from c1900 and is one of the few remain	Longitudinal house with 'witch's' tower at entrance. Perimeter verandah, very large 1/1 sliding sash
9/2/407/0052	Glacial Pavement	Corinthia Road	Durban	127	KwaZulu-Natal	Historical and scientific interest- The glaciated pavement shows striae on Table Mountain sandstone	Crystaline rocks cropping out in a line parallel with the direction of the sea-coast are infringed u
9/2/446/0006-008	The House	49 Arbuckle Street	Underberg	14	KwaZulu-Natal	A fine, though much altered, example of its type	Twin-gabled, square house under IBR roof. Stuccoed walls, variety of windows and doors. Plain triang
9/2/417/0007	Howick Falls	, Howick	Lions River		KwaZulu-Natal	95 metres high and situated close to the village of Howick, established at the old travellers' river
9/2/403/0001	Cycads	Monteseel Township	Camperdown	906	KwaZulu-Natal	Protected indigenous plants
9/2/418/0011	Kearsney Methodist Chapel	Farm Kearsney, Lower Tugela District	Lower Tugela	14629	KwaZulu-Natal	Of historical and architectural interest - designed by Stott & Kirby to serve the growing community	East-West aligned church of 5 bays, each separated by a wide, battered buttress and slit windows wit
9/2/448/0019	Old Bantu Administration Building	Landdrost Street	Vryheid	122	KwaZulu-Natal	This rectangular building dates from about 1930 and forms, especially from an architectural point of view, an integral part of the historic core of Vryheid.	Rectangular building; smooth white-washed walls (rusticated); corrugated iron roof; eight sash windo
9/2/449/0003	Abdoolgafoor Goolamsahib Arabian Merchant	Retief Street	Weenen	66	KwaZulu-Natal	Historical and Architectural - These two typical Indian shops date from the beginning of the twentie
9/2/269/0023			Vhembe district		Limpopo
9/2/243/0001	Ana Trees		Mokerong		Limpopo		This clump of ‘Ana Trees’ or ‘Apiesdoring’ trees (Acacia albida Del.) stands in the Vaaltyn Makapan Reserve less than 16 km from Potgietersrust on the road to the Zaaiplaats tin mine. There are eight mature trees varying between 18 and 24 metres in height
9/2/240/0003	Boabab Trees		Messina		Limpopo		These tropical deciduous trees with their gigantic shiny trunks, thin branches and delicate foliage are a distinctive element in the flora north of the Soutpansberg and give a special character to the plant life of the region. During the rainy season they
9/2/269/0004	Fosillised Footprints		Soutpansberg		Limpopo	These fossilised reptile footprints occur in sandstone where there was a dune in earlier times which was later covered by basalt flows. The animals of tile vicinity presumably fled to the dune where a large number of fossilised prints of various animals a
9/2/269/0011	Stonehenge		Soutpansberg		Limpopo	This farmhouse was erected for R. H. Stevens in about 1906 and is allegedly the oldest existing dwelling in the vicinity of Louis Trichardt.
9/2/253/0004-001	First Gold Crushing Site		Polokwane		Limpopo		About 29 kilometres from Potgietersrust along the national road to Polokwane, a road turns off to the right and leads to Eersteling where one may still see the rock on which gold ore was first crushed in the Transvaal and the chimney of the first power pl
9/2/210/0001	Bread-fruit tree		Bolobedu		Limpopo		These striking plants occur in abundance on the slopes of what used to be regarded as the ‘sacred mountain’ in the Modjadji Reserve north-east of Polokwane.
9/2/269/0005	Fort Hendrina		Soutpansberg		Limpopo	This movable iron fort dates from the 19th century and is the only example of its kind to be found in the Transvaal.
9/2/253/0004-002	First Gold Power Plant Site		Polokwane		Limpopo
9/2/280/0004	Blockhouse	Paul Sauer Road	Warmbaths		Limpopo	After the surrender of Pretoria on the Anglo-Boer War, the Republican forces adopted guerilla tactics. To counter this the British forces erected a system of blockhouses to divide the combat areas into sectors. This blockhouse was part of one of the most
9/2/236/0010	Echo Caves		Lydenburg		Mpumalanga	"Interest:The caves are proclaimed on account of their natural beauty."	"Twenty-four kilometres from Ohrigstad en route to the Abel Erasmus Pass and the Strijdom Tunnel the road branches off to the left to the Echo Caves which are situated about three kilometres from the parting of the roads.The rock-walls are composed of dol"
9/2/203/0021	Site of President Samora Machel's Plane Crash		Barberton		Mpumalanga	This site marks the tragic end of one of Southern Africa's greatest political leaders and freedom fighters who struggled for liberation, peace, harmony and development in the region. This site is a symbol of the struggle and part of the negleted Southern
9/2/222/0008	Begin-der-Lijn Bridge	18.08 miles from Ermelo across the Vaal River	Ermelo		Mpumalanga		The bridge is built of sandstone from the Vaal River and consists of ten 9,14 m arches resting on solid sandstone; the apex of each arch is 10,66 m above the foundations, and between high water mark and the apices of the arches there is an allowance of 3
9/2/282/0001	Five Arched Bridge		Waterval Boven		Mpumalanga	The construction of the tunnel was not the only problem encountered in building the difficult section of the railway between Waterval Onder and Waterval Boven. Not far below the tunnel, the line had to cross the Dwaalheuwel Spruit. The N.Z.A.S.M. built a	The bridge is a particularly fine stone structure and was originally built for the Z.A.S.M. railway line between Pretoria and Maputo.
9/2/222/0003	Stonehut Settlement	Portion 4 of the farm Tafelkop	Ermelo		Mpumalanga
9/2/242/0001	Botshabelo		Middelburg		Mpumalanga	Botshabelo was the major spiritual, cultural and educational centre of the Berliner Mission Society in the part of South Africa at one time known as the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR). It played a significant role during the Sekhukuni, the Mapoch, Firs	Botshabelo village nestles in a valley alongside the Klein Olifants River. It is protected by three forts, most notably Fort Merensky (a declared site) to the north and built above the church and village and two forts that protected the Moutse area where
9/2/214/0003	Georgian Farmhouse		Carolina		Mpumalanga
9/2/203/0008	Old Stock Exchange	Pilgrim Street	Barberton	1307	Mpumalanga	This building was the second Stock Exchange built in Barberton. It was built by the De Kaap Gold Fields Stock Exchange Limited, and opened on the 13th April, 1887.
9/2/227/0002	Borehole UC 65	110 km east of Johannesburg surrounded by 4 Gold Mines	Highveld Ridge		Mpumalanga	In 1951 Borehole U.C. 65 was the first prospecting hole to penetrate the auriferous Kimberley Reef in the vicinity of the present Evander. This event led to the development of an important new South African goldfield, viz the Evander Goldfield.
9/2/279/0006	Old Road Bridge, Marthinus Wesselstroom	Marthinus Wesselstroom, Wakkerstroom	Wakkerstroom		Mpumalanga
9/2/256/0041	Nutrition and Family Ecology Building	Potchefstroom University	Potchefstroom		North West
9/2/212/0017	Preller House		Brits		North West	"Gustav Preller, the well-known protagonist of Afrikaans, historian and journalist built and occupied this house from 1935 until his death. Many of his later historical works were completed in this house.
9/2/212/0003	Preller House		Brits		North West	This dwelling, consisting of three stone rondavels, was built by Gustav Preller in 1920 and was initially used as a week-end residence. Dr Preller also placed the rondavels at the disposal of Afrikaans writers and artists.
9/2/212/0006	Fourie House No. 1		Brits		North West
9/2/263/0007	Boekenhoutfontein	Boekenhoutfontein	Rustenburg		North West	From 1862 to 1903 the farm was the property of State President S. J. P. Kruger.
9/2/256/0018	Krugerskraal	Tygerfontein, Potchefstroom district	Potchefstroom		North West
9/2/263/0005	Schoch House	Boschdal, Rustenburg district	Rustenburg		North West
9/2/231/0009	Nederduits Gereformeerde Mother Church	Anderson Street	Klerksdorp		North West
9/2/501/0015	Cannon Kopje		Mafikeng	1323	North West	The Fort on Cannon Kopje was originally built by Sir Charles Warren in 1884. During the Anglo-Boer War it played an important part in the siege of Mafeking.
9/2/286/0006	Thomas Leask House	46 Broadbent Street	Wolmaransstad	693	North West	"The house derives its historical significance from its association with its previous owner, Thomas Spence Leask, well known as the ""Father of Wolmaransstad"". The alteration which were made in the 1880s and after 1900 to the original house which was bult "
9/2/038/0014	Glacial pavement	Bucklands Settlement lot 53, Herbert District	Herbert		Northern Cape	The glacial pavements at Bucklands and Blaauwboschdrift are extensive ssmooth rock surfa	The Griqualand West Dwyka Series comprises two geological features associated with ice
9/2/066/0008 (15/K/Spr/2)	Van der Stel's Copper Mine		Namaqualand		Northern Cape	"This piece of land, which is owned by the O'okiep Copper Company Limited, contains a mine shaft sunk by Commander Simon van der Stel on an expedition to the Copper Mountains in 1685.The date, and most likely the other inscriptions, on the nearby rocks a"
9/2/038/0005	Survey Beacons	Farm Ramah	Herbert		Northern Cape	These three beacons form part of the boundary line between the Free State and Griqualand West which Sir Charles Warren and Jos. E de Villiers established in 1876 and 1877. This marked the end of the so-called Diamond Fields Dispute.
9/2/008/0004	Old Toll House	On bank of Vaal River, Barkly West	Barkly West	687	Northern Cape	The toll house is related to the bridge nearby which was built over the Vaal river as a private undertaking during the last quarter of the 19th century and played an imprtant part in the development of the region beyond the Vaal River.	The toll house is of stone construction with a corrugated iron roof.
9/2/019/0009	Corbelled Buildings	T'Kokobos, Carnarvon District	Carnarvon		Northern Cape	T'Kokoboos is one of only two dated corbelled complexes in the Carnarvon District. It is a well pres	The complex consists of three corbelled huts which are linked together and a later rectangular build
9/2/032/0009/009	Water Wheel		Gordonia		Northern Cape
9/2/049/0121	Grave of Solomon T Plaatje		Kimberley		Northern Cape
9/2/055/0004	The Eye	cnr of Voortrekker and Fontien Streets	Kuruman		Northern Cape	The Eye was described by Borchard's as early as 1802.	The Eye of Kuruman is a permanent water source which has been recently fenced off. Three types of in
9/2/043/0011	Karoo House	67 Van Wyk Street	Hopetown	67	Northern Cape	The erf upon which the house stands was purchased by Hendrick Johannes Liebenberg on 13 May 1893 fro	It has corrugated iron roof which slopes towards the rear of teh house. The front and side walls all
9/2/105/0003	Anglo-Boer War Blockhouse	River Street	Warrenton	381	Northern Cape	Situated to protect strategic positions along the Vaal River during the Anglo-Boer War the Blockhous	The Blockhouse is a single storeyed of square form with a pyramidal roof and triangular slatted roof
9/2/092/0067	Grier Bridge		Swellendam		Western Cape	For 150 years vehicular traffic crossed the Breede River at a pont. Near the site of the second pont the first bridge over the Breede river near Swellendam was built in the early 1890s. It is a triumph of Victorian engineering. Sections of the iron bri
9/2/076/0015	Homestead		Prince Albert		Western Cape	This historic Cape Dutch house, with its elements of Karoo architecture, bears the date 1821 on its front gable. The farmhouse forms an important link with the history of the district and the front gable served as a prototype for other gables in the vicin
9/2/030/0009	Montagu Pass		George		Western Cape
9/2/079/0004	Old Toll House		Riversdale		Western Cape	The old Toll House was rebuilt in 1910 on the foundations of an earlier toll house and is a remnant of a system that played an important part in the history of transportation in South Africa.	This old toll-house, situated within the Kristalkloof Forest Reserve, is still in a very good state of preservation and stands, as it were, on an island between the old road passing in front of it and the new road passing behind it. A few old and tall cyp
9/2/010/0014	Corbelled building, Vlieefontein	Karoo National Park	Beaufort West		Western Cape	This corbelled house is a good example of the type of vernacular architecture developed by the pioneers of this area in the nineteenth century.	"Vegetation, werf, gardens None Buildings Corbelled drystone dwelling (nat mon) said to be most southerly example. It has a kookskerm. Other structures Extensive drystone kraals on both sides of valley"
9/2/030/0009/002	Old Tollhouse		George	142	Western Cape
9/2/081/0062	Sea Fever	82 Main Road	Simonstown	88447	Western Cape
9/2/060/0004/001	Watermill		Malmesbury		Western Cape
9/2/084/0024/001	Pulpit		Stellenbosch		Western Cape	The pulpit and lectern were made by Simon Pieter Christoffel Londt in 1853
9/2/013/0001/001	3 Fishermen's Cottages		Bredasdorp	857	Western Cape		This property consists of nine fishermen's cottages which are worthy of preservation in view of various architectural and historical consideration.