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Konka Farmstead
Carnarvon district, Northern Cape

Date:n.d.
Type:Farmstead
Style:Corbel Houses
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
30°54'45.73" S 21°54'27.29" E Alt: 1301m

Very early farmstead with two corbelled houses and outbuildings with a contemporary farmhouse built adjoining the corbelled structures.

Declared a National Monument in 1993 and now a Provincial Heritage Site.

It is now the Konka Guest Farm.


References:

Kramer, Patricia . 2019. Corbelled buildings of the Great Karoo : South Africa's hidden vernacular treasures. South Africa: Patricia Kramer. pg 104, 109