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Date: c1900 Type: Museum Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°38'29.08" S 19°28'03.27" E Alt: 239m

The large cast-iron pots were filled with lye and heated from below. Wire baskets filled with grapes were dipped into the boiling lye before being spread out on the raisin court to dry. Other buildings that form part of the complex are: Coach-house Dairy Early Farm Homestead Horse Mill Kapstyl Huis - House Kraal Labourer's Cottage Lime Kiln Main Building Shepherd's Hut Smithy Tobacco Shed Watermill Whip-stick Oven Wine Cellar