Silvermine Ruins & Mineworks

Overview

Address

R310 Pneil Road

Date Built

Suggested Grading

IIIC

Property Number

Present NHRA protection

S35

Older than 60 years - at time of survey

yes

Description

See Lucas 2004. The remains of mineworkings (shafts and tunnels), industrial complex and settlement on the Simonsberg above Pniel dating to 1740s. Consists of a house, quarters for workers and horses/mules, smithy, furnaces, ore processor, smelting house.

Details

Valley

Dwars River Valley (F01-F13)

Area

Upper Dwars River Area (F010-F13)

Landscape Unit

F12

Townscape

Landscape Unit Grade

Grade II

Architect / Builder

Frans Diedrick Muller

Current Use

Ruin

Original Use

Industrial

General Evaluation

Interior Description

History

Grouping with other sites

Evidence of Demolition

Contextual Design

Invasive Elements

Vegetation

Heritage Vulnerability

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Map

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Latitude/Longitude

-33.900171 / 18.941252
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Additional Information

Additional Documents

Survey

2016

Circa

Admin Area

Allotment

Zoning

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Date of survey

2016

Linked to erf/erven

Linked Address

Environment

Valley PDF

AREA PDF

Landscape Unit PDF

Townscape PDF

2016 Survey Document - Site PDF

OTHER DOCUMENTS

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NHRA Significance

Age

Archaeology

Architectural

Associational

Intangible

* SCALE USED: High / Medium / Low / None

Rarity

Representivity

Scientific

Symbolic

Statement of Significance

A unique site (associated with VOC-period efforts to mine silver based on a scam) and topic of folklore, only partially excavated and recorded after a bush fire, today an important focus of local tourism

Landscape Significance

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Additional Photos

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