Letterklip
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Template:Use South African English Script error: No such module "Military navigation". The Letterklip, Afrikaans for "lettered rock", is a provincial heritage site in Namaqualand in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The unique rock formation was fortified by dry stone walling; it was occupied from 1901 to 1902 by British forces during the Anglo-Boer War. Various regimental badges and officers' names are engraved in the rockface.[1]
History
In 1980, it was described in the Government Gazette of South Africa:
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This unique rock formation was fortified and occupied from 1901 to 1902 by the British forces during the Anglo-Boer War. Various regimental badges and officers' names are engraved in the rockface.
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Engravings on the rocks
See also
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- List of Castles and Fortifications in South Africa
- Military history of South Africa
- List of castles in Africa
- History of South Africa
- List of castles
- List of forts
- Second Boer War
- List of heritage sites in Northern Cape
References
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". South African Heritage Resource Agency database
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