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WOMAT/AFR/NAT/5
- Record Id:
- 040-003421335
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100064298298.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100144155016.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOMAT/AFR/NAT/5
- Title:
- 'Sketch of Biggarsburg Nek and Mkupe'. Signed by 'H.S. Davey Capt. 18th Hussars Cecil F. Cawston 2Lt 18th Hussars Ladysmith Sept. 1899'.
- Scope & Content:
- Covers the 5-mile length of Biggarsburg Nek, a mountain pass in north-western Natal, to a width of approximately 4 miles, including the elevated plateau of Mkupe. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights, rock drawing and form lines, roads and tracks, telegraph lines, settlements, farms, fences, survey range lines and place names, and includes topographical and strategic notes. Also contains an enlargement of Sir E[velyn] Wood's Fort at scale 1:120.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002225925
037-002225954
038-003421216
040-003421335 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOMAT : War Office 'Material'
WOMAT/AFR : 'Material - Africa'.
WOMAT/AFR/NAT : Material. Natal.
WOMAT/AFR/NAT/5 : 'Sketch of Biggarsburg Nek and Mkupe'. Signed by 'H.S. Davey Capt. 18th Hussars Cecil F. Cawston 2Lt 18th Hussars… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0001]/036-002225925[0001]/037-002225954[0010]/038-003421216[0004]/040-003421335
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 map sheet
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1899
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 1899
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:15,840
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 29.9292,-28.1964,29.9967,-28.1269
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 29°55’45”-E 29°59’48”/S 28°7’37”-S 28°11’47”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Manuscript: coloured ink and watercolour on tracing linen; 67 x 49cm
- Former External References:
- Mat. Natal. 5.
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Cawston, Cecil Faulkner, army officer, 1878-1901
Davey, Horace Scott, army officer, 1865-1935 - Places:
- Biggarsburg Nek, Klip River, Natal
Mkupe, Klip River, Natal
Sir Evelyn Wood's Fort, Klip River, Natal