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Click to view map Coordinates: | The monument commemorates the epic 1842 ride of Dick King, who covered the 960-km distance between Port Natal (now Durban) and Grahamstown on horseback in ten days, in order to request help for the besieged British garrison at Port Natal. See also Wikipedia. __________________ Inscription on the Memorial:
DICK KING Ten granite pylons were erected a century later to commemorate Dick King's ride. They were sited at the following points: There is also a Memorial Statue in Durban and a Memorial Tablet on the clock tower of the Town Hall in Grahamstown. |