Brief description of site: The site is not at all an obvious one and takes the form of a less than 1.5 m high, up to 2.5 m deep and 11 m long rock shelter located on the northern bank of a small watercourse 2 km south-east of the farmhouse on the dirt track. The shelter lies on the 1720 m contour and has a dusty and dry dirt floor with some seepage in the eastern end. A large block that was once part of the ceiling has collapsed. There is an inner, cave-like space in the shelter. Bush in front of the shelter obscures it from view.

Because relatively few people have been to this site, the archaeology is still in good condition. Present as a surface scatter within the shelter are some hornfels (also known as indurated shale or lydianite) lithics (stone tools), areas where people have ground plant food and a rare example of rough Khoe (Khoi) decorated pottery. There is also some bone; probably of a recent date. The stone tools are mostly flake tools with no formal tools located.
Brief description of art: There are over 300 individual rock paintings spread across most of the shelter's low ceiling and across its low back wall. These rock-paintings fall into a distinct rock-art tradition - that of the Khoe (Khoi) herders who moved into southern Africa approximately 1 900 - 2 100 years ago. Note that these are NOT San or 'Bushman' rock-paintings.

Khoe (Khoi) rock-paintings: These are distinct from the San rock-paintings - which were made with a brush and which are representational. Khoe rock-paintings are the red, orange, white and black finger-painted geometric motifs. There are fingerdots, finger lines, geometric grid and 'sunburst'-like images. There is also an unusual white circular image with red dots inside - looks like an egg - which is encountered here for the first time. Interestingly, there are 8 rare, roughly painted animal and human figures. The animals are eland-like and the human figures hold sticks. This representational element among the Khoe art may be explained as the result of adopting certain San or 'Bushman' rock-painting traditions. The Khoe had good relations with the San and there was a good degree of intermarriage and cultural transmission. Though new to science, this new rock-art tradition promises much and RSA NWK1 will be a key site in this new research.

Brief description of site: The site takes the form of an up to 3 m high, 2 m deep and 12 m long rock shelter. The site has a magnificent view to the north-west. The site has a rocky and dusty floor that is mostly dry. A large crack is visible in the back shelter wall on the western side. The site is also on the 1720 m contour and is primarily a sandstone shelter. A small waterfall and pool is located directly below the shelter and 10 m away.

There is up to 400 mm of archaeological deposit in the cave. In the drip line zone hornfels and more finely-grained chalcedony stone tools are visible. There are some bovid animal teeth in the shelter. There is neither ostrich eggshell visible nor pottery.
Brief description of art: This site has approximately 60 surviving rock-paintings but shows traces of having been extensively painted in times past. Most of the rock-paintings are Khoe finger-painted dots and geometric designs but there is also a finer white buck painted near the bottom of the shelter that may well be a San or 'bushman' painting. The Khoe finger-paintings include a grid-like geometric design very similar to one seen at Site 1. There are also finger smears in rows and some finger dots. Red pigment is dominant with some white also in evidence.