Identity area
Type of entity
Site
Authorized form of name
Grootfontein II 122
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
RSA GRN2
Description area
Dates of existence
History
Brief description of art: Geometrics.
Places
Williston
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Conservation action taken: Conservation
Besides natural factors such as damage from sunlight, wind erosion and the properties of the rock itself, there are direct threats to the preservation of any of the images in this site.
Recommendations
It is highly recommended that management should only allow visitors to see the site only when accompanied by a responsible person. This person should ensure that the visitors do not touch the paintings at all.
The number of people visiting the site should be kept down because people's feet stir dust, which then in turn settles on the rock face and the paintings and over a long period of time obscures the paintings. This means that the less the people in the site, the less dust stirred up. Large groups of people should then be broken down to smaller groups.
Employees and visitors should be informed about the National heritage Recourses Act, 1999 which states that:
'No person may destroy, damage, deface, excavate, alter, remove from its original position, subdivide or change the planning status of any heritage site without a permit issued by the heritage resources authority responsible for the protection of such site.'
Such a person, if successfully prosecuted, is liable to a fine or imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or to both a fine and imprisonment.
Conservation needed: yes
Besides natural factors such as damage from sunlight, wind erosion and the properties of the rock itself, there are direct threats to the preservation of any of the images in this site.
Recommendations
It is highly recommended that management should only allow visitors to see the site only when accompanied by a responsible person. This person should ensure that the visitors do not touch the paintings at all.
The number of people visiting the site should be kept down because people's feet stir dust, which then in turn settles on the rock face and the paintings and over a long period of time obscures the paintings. This means that the less the people in the site, the less dust stirred up. Large groups of people should then be broken down to smaller groups.
Employees and visitors should be informed about the National heritage Recourses Act, 1999 which states that:
'No person may destroy, damage, deface, excavate, alter, remove from its original position, subdivide or change the planning status of any heritage site without a permit issued by the heritage resources authority responsible for the protection of such site.'
Such a person, if successfully prosecuted, is liable to a fine or imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or to both a fine and imprisonment.
Conservation needed: yes
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
How to find the site: This site is located in a krans east of the wind pump at Paulsfontein, on RSA-GRN. The site is about 250m east of the wind pump and is facing south.
pl location th h: E?.8.7.A
pl location th i: x154
Map sheet: 3121AA
Map sheet: 3121AA_1970_ED1_GEO
Map sheet: 3121AA_2005_ED3_GEO
Map sheet: 3120_1987_ED4_MD_199105_GEO
Map sheet: 3120_1987_ED4_MD_199105_GEO
pl location th h: E?.8.7.A
pl location th i: x154
Map sheet: 3121AA
Map sheet: 3121AA_1970_ED1_GEO
Map sheet: 3121AA_2005_ED3_GEO
Map sheet: 3120_1987_ED4_MD_199105_GEO
Map sheet: 3120_1987_ED4_MD_199105_GEO
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Partial
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Maintenance notes
When was site visited: 16/08/2000
When was site visited: 16/08/2000
When was site visited earliest: 16/08/2000
When was site visited earliest: 16/08/2000
When was site visited latest: 16/08/2000
When was site visited latest: 16/08/2000
Who has been to site: Challis, William
Who has been to site: Hampson, Jamie
When was site visited: 16/08/2000
When was site visited earliest: 16/08/2000
When was site visited earliest: 16/08/2000
When was site visited latest: 16/08/2000
When was site visited latest: 16/08/2000
Who has been to site: Challis, William
Who has been to site: Hampson, Jamie