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Site and People records
South Africa Incision
Springbok Oog I 27
Site
Brief description of art: Bags, geometrics, elephants.
Smithfield Townlands IV 277
Site
Brief description of site: To the east of Site 2, is a large and isolated free-standing rock known locally as 'Debora se klip' (Debora's rock). The site is thus a large chunk of Clarens Formation sandstone that has rolled down after separating from the krantz line above. Locally, the account is that this rock rolled down and onto a woman called Deborah, killing her, perhaps in 1892. Looking at the sedimentation around the rock makes this an unlikely explanation, however, as the rock probably fell several thousands of years ago.
Brief description of art: European rock art: The site is dominated by a very deeply engraved 'Debora 1892', which has also been painted in the engraved parts with a red paint - perhaps stock paint - on a large rock that lies within the rock shelter part of the larger rock. There are many other names ('Boshoff') and dates ('1892'; '1947') engraved and painted in red and white paint on similar rock blocs as well as on the vertical wall of the rock shelter part of Deborah se Klip. There is a '97' spray-painted large onto the site.
Smithfield Townlands III 277
Site
Brief description of art: European rock engravings: Since at least 1898 European or 'white' townsfolk have been coming up to this spot to carve their initials, names, dates and imagery such as brandy bottles, cow's heads, a possible dassie, cots of arms, hearts and such like. Most of these engravings have been carefully done with the most recent engraving being made in 2002. There are several dozen and perhaps up to a hundred individual engravings here. There are half-a-dozen on the vertical rock walls of the rock shelter below. In several instances individuals have returned on more than one occasion to engrave. Afrikaans ('Swanepoel') and English ('Ingram', 'Carter', 'Faure') names are represented in more-or-less equivalent proportion, though there do not seem to be any Dutch engravings.
Samaria IV 28 MS
Site
Brief description of art: Vertical Grinding Grooves.
Samaria III 28 MS
Site
Brief description of art: The engravings comprise of many crudely pecked circles and stretched circles. Some of the stretched circles look a little like human footprints but some are less so. The other pecked circles are characteristically spoor-like and could be elephant or hippo (hippos) spoor.