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Cultural-Historic Aspects

The rich cultural-historic elements on the property include Late Stone Age artefacts, marine trace fossils, many historic buildings, other historic structures and even ghost stories.

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These two books provide valuable information on the history of the property

History of the Property

Archaeology & Palaeontology

Geology and Fossils

Ghosts of the Witteberg

(Page last updated 2013-05-31)