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Kamberg
Game Pass II 7240
Site
Brief description of site: The site is a 50m long open shelter with a depth of 7m in the middle of the shelter. The height of the shelter varies from 1.5m to 10m. The shelter faces North-East with a good outlook down the Mooi River. There is no natural screening, and a sharp slope immediately in front of the shelter. There is seepage present with lime encrustation and vegetation on the rock face. But the vegetation is not very extensive. The shelter has a hard rocky floor with no water deposit. There is water available on the plateau below and close to site.
Brief description of art: The site contains more than 42 paintings. 22 Humans: 17 inderterminate, 5 males. 11 animals: 2 Eland, 2 inderterminate bovids. 1 bird, 6 inderterminate animals. Other: 1 finger smudge, 7 paint smudges, 1 daub,
Game Pass III 7240
Site
Brief description of site: The site is a NNW facing shelter, it is 9m long, 3.5m deep and more than 5m high. The floor consists of some sand, fallen slabs as well as dry vegetation in the centre of the shelter. The paintings are in the centre at the base of the wall, there are some paintings on the right high up. There is some vandalism consisting of charcoaled African names, due to the narrowness and steepness of the valley.
Brief description of art: The paintings are very faded consisting of: 2 red-orange and white rhebuck. 1m to the right there is a red-orange human with arms extended (either carrying white sticks or with white lines superimposed). There is also white paint remains superimposed on human legs as well as faded indistinct orange and white bovids, white bovid torso. Below and to the left there is an orange and white eland. There is also a white outline of a kaross-clad human. A faded white human with a stick also appears at this site.
Game Pass IV 7240
Site
Brief description of site: The site is NNW facing on a shallow overhang, 5.5m long, 1m deep and more than 5m high. The floor is a boulder floor with no vegetation as well as no deposit. There is seepage as well as vegetation on the rock face near the paintings. There is no natural screening.
Brief description of art: The paintings on the extreme left, there is one standing and two seated faded orange humans facing right. There are also three indistinct faded lines on a very exfoliated rock surface.
Game Pass VI 7240
Site
Brief description of site: The shelter faces NNW and measures 4m long, 2m deep and 1m high. The floor contains sand as well as fallen slabs. Drip is present on the right hand of the shelter.
Kamberg Nature Reserve II
Site
Brief description of site: The Shelter faces NNE and is shallow. It measures 5.5m long, 2m deep and 1.6m high.
Lowmoor I 9181
Site
Brief description of site: The shelter faces E in an upper sandstone band, and measures 120m long, 10-15m deep.
Lowmoor II 9181
Site
Brief description of site: The site faces E and measures 30m long and 5m deep. The site is exposed to wind as well as morning sun.
Lowmoor III 9181
Site
Brief description of site: The shelter faces E in an upper sandstone band, and measures approximately 60m long, 5m deep. The site has no protection from the elements.