Smithfield Townlands IV 277

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Smithfield Townlands IV 277

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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.

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Map sheet: 3026BA
Map sheet: 3026BA_1961_ED1_GEO
Map sheet: 3026BA_2007_ED3_GEO
Map sheet: 3026_2004_ED3_MD_199802_GEO
Map sheet: 3026_2004_ED3_MD_199802_GEO

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When was site visited: 25/04/2002
When was site visited earliest: 25/04/2002
When was site visited latest: 25/04/2002
Who has been to site: Ouzman, Sven