Peninsula Wargames Group stalwart Lindsay Hall was kind enough to offer this blog these photographs taken from his recent visit to the Spionkop battle site. He reports that the site is well preserved and both the battlefield and the monuments are fenced. It is administered by
Amafa Heritage kwaZulu-Natal, and there is a small entrance fee. There are six interpretation boards on the site, in addition to the graves and monuments. Amafa dont offer guided tours of the battlefield, but there are many independent guides in the area who can include the site on their itineraries.
I havent been to the site in decades, but can never forget the stark lines of stones that mark both the original trenchlines and the subsequent mass graves of the British and their local allies, caught in that "acre of massacre" (in the famous words of the war correspondent John Atkins).
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As a thank you for the other informative content and not least the sharing of these pictures, for us somewhat distant readers to enjoy, I've nominated you for a Liebster Award on my own blog.
ReplyDeleteObviously if you've already been nominated, don't feel that you have to go through the process all over again, or even at all if not. I hope you take that in the spirit intended, i.e. that what you post is appreciated by some of us out here at least.
Thanks for the nomination, Jim. Much appreciated. now to do all the Liebster homework...
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