Identity area
Type of entity
Site
Authorized form of name
Rietvalley V 173
Parallel form(s) of name
- Sandtuin V
- Rietvlei
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
RSA RIV5
Description area
Dates of existence
History
Brief description of site: Site has blue pigment
Brief description of art: Geometrics.
Brief description of art: Geometrics.
Places
Williston
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Conservation action taken: Conservation
The site is well protected from direct exposure to sunlight but is still prone to damage by natural factors such as wind erosion and the properties of the rock itself. In this site, the varnish of this coarse grained sandstone is flaking off as a result of the properties of the rock. Since all the threats to the preservation of the site are natural, nothing much can be done to protect the 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
The site is well protected from direct exposure to sunlight but is still prone to damage by natural factors such as wind erosion and the properties of the rock itself. In this site, the varnish of this coarse grained sandstone is flaking off as a result of the properties of the rock. Since all the threats to the preservation of the site are natural, nothing much can be done to protect the 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
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Maintenance notes
When was site visited: 26/04/2004
When was site visited: 26/04/2004
When was site visited: 26/04/2004
When was site visited: 16/08/2000
When was site visited earliest: 26/04/2004
When was site visited earliest: 26/04/2004
When was site visited earliest: 26/04/2004
When was site visited earliest: 16/08/2000
When was site visited latest: 26/04/2004
When was site visited latest: 26/04/2004
When was site visited latest: 26/04/2004
When was site visited latest: 16/08/2000
Who has been to site: Hollmann, Jeremy
Who has been to site: Hykkerud, M.K.
Who has been to site: Namono, Catherine
Who has been to site: Challis, William
When was site visited: 26/04/2004
When was site visited: 26/04/2004
When was site visited: 16/08/2000
When was site visited earliest: 26/04/2004
When was site visited earliest: 26/04/2004
When was site visited earliest: 26/04/2004
When was site visited earliest: 16/08/2000
When was site visited latest: 26/04/2004
When was site visited latest: 26/04/2004
When was site visited latest: 26/04/2004
When was site visited latest: 16/08/2000
Who has been to site: Hollmann, Jeremy
Who has been to site: Hykkerud, M.K.
Who has been to site: Namono, Catherine
Who has been to site: Challis, William