PHASE 1 HIA REPORT FARM 387 PORTION 18 GROBLERSHOOP NORTHERN CAPE HOLIDAY RESORT DEVELOPMENT ON PORTION 18 OF FARM 387, GORDONIA RD, EASTERN BANK OF THE ORANGE RIVER, APPROXIMATELY 1.7 KM NORTH OF GROBLERSHOOP, Z.F. MGCAWU DISTRICT MUNICIPALTY, NORTHERN CAPE. PREPARED FOR: ENVIROAFRICA PREPARED BY: JAN ENGELBRECHT & HEIDI FIVAZ UBIQUE HERITAGE CONSULTANTS 25 AUGUST 2018 Web: www.ubiquecrm.com Mail: [email protected] Office: (+27)116750125 Address: P.O. Box 5022 Weltevredenpark 1715 CSD Supplier Number MAAA0586123 PHASE 1 HIA/AIA REPORT FARM 387 PORTION 18 GROBLERSHOOP NORTHERN CAPE Client: EnviroAfrica CC. P.O. Box 5367, Helderberg, 7135 Fax: 086 512 0154 / Tel: 021 8511616 / E-mail: [email protected] Contact Person: Bernard de Witt E-mail: [email protected] Heritage Consultant: UBIQUE Heritage Consultants Contact Person: Jan Engelbrecht (archaeologist and lead CRM specialist) Member of the Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists: Member number: 297 Cell: (+27) 0828456276 E-mail: [email protected] Heidi Fivaz (archaeologist) Member of the Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists: Member number: 433 Cell: (+27) 0721418860 E-mail: [email protected] For this project, Mr Engelbrecht was responsible for the field survey of the development footprint, identification of heritage resources, and recommendations. Ms Fivaz was responsible for research and report compilation. Declaration of independence: We, Jan Engelbrecht and Heidi Fivaz, partners of UBIQUE Heritage Consultants, hereby confirm our independence as heritage specialists and declare that: • we are suitably qualified and accredited to act as independent specialists in this application; • we do not have any vested interests (either business, financial, personal or other) in the proposed development project other than remuneration for the heritage assessment and heritage management services performed; • the work was conducted in an objective and ethical manner, in accordance with a professional code of conduct and within the framework of South African heritage legislation. Signed: Date: 2018-08-25 J.A.C. Engelbrecht & H. Fivaz UBIQUE Heritage Consultants Copyright: This report is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed or to whom it was meant to be addressed. It is provided solely for the purposes set out in it and may not, in whole or in part, be used for any other purpose or by a third party, without the author’s prior written consent. Web: www.ubiquecrm.com Mail: [email protected] Office: (+27)116750125 PHASE 1 HIA/AIA REPORT FARM 387 PORTION 18 GROBLERSHOOP NORTHERN CAPE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Technical summary Project description Project name PROPOSED RESORT DEVELOPMENT ON PORTION 18 OF FARM 387, GORDONIA RD, GROBLERSHOOP. Description Holiday resort development in Groblershoop, Northern Cape Developer Leon Humphreys. Cell. 078 110 8170 E-mail: [email protected] Carmen Humphreys. Cell. 072 346 2218 E-mail: [email protected] Consultants Environmental EnviroAfrica cc. Heritage and archaeological UBIQUE Heritage Consultants Paleontological Banzai Environmental Property details Province Northern Cape District municipality Z.F. McCawu District Municipality Local municipality !Kheis Local Municipality Topo-cadastral map 2821DD, 2822CC Farm name Farm 387, Portion 18 Closest town Groblershoop GPS Co-ordinates 28o 52’ 37.13” S, 21o 59’ 24.25” E. (site access) Development footprint size 5 – 10 ha Figure 1 Proposed resort development on Farm 387 Portion 18, Groblershoop (map provided by EnviroAfrica cc). Web: www.ubiquecrm.com Mail: [email protected] Office: (+27)116750125 i PHASE 1 HIA/AIA REPORT FARM 387 PORTION 18 GROBLERSHOOP NORTHERN CAPE Project description UBIQUE Heritage Consultants were appointed by EnviroAfrica cc. as independent heritage specialists in accordance with Section 38 of the NHRA, to conduct a cultural heritage assessment to determine the impact of the proposed development of a holiday resort on Portion 18 of Farm 387 Groblershoop, on any sites, features, or objects of cultural heritage significance. The site is located on Gordonia Rd, approximately 1.7 km north of Groblershoop in the Z.F. McCawu District Municipality, Northern Cape. Construction of various accommodation types, a thatched roof entrance, restaurant, ablution facilities, swimming pool and laundry room, are already in process. Infrastructure such as septic tanks has been erected and access and internal roads have been cleared. Further development will involve the construction of recreational facilities such as an amphitheatre, a solid waste facility, additional accommodation, a double-story hotel, and a quarter mile racing strip and spin track with a paved parking area with separate access from the N8. Findings and Impact on Heritage Resources Description Period Location Field rating/ Significance Stone Age 1. Two isolated LSA/MSA stone cores. LSA/MSA 28º 50ʹ 47.2ʺ S Field Rating IV C Retouched. No context. 22º 00ʹ 09.6ʺ E Low significance 2. LSA/MSA open scatter. LSA/MSA 28º 51ʹ 07.2ʺ S Field Rating IV C 22º 00ʹ 18.4ʺ E Low significance 3. LSA/MSA isolated stone core. No context. LSA/MSA 28º 51ʹ 08.5ʺ S Field Rating IV C 22º 00ʹ 19.1ʺ E Low significance 4. High density LSA open lithic scatter with LSA 28º 52ʹ 08.4ʺ S Field Rating IV A local ceramics. Surface scatter of flakes, 21º 59ʹ 13.8ʺ E High/Medium scrapers, cores, and microliths. Probable significance hunter/herder site. 5. High density LSA/MSA open lithic scatter LSA/MSA 28º 52ʹ 08.5ʺ S Field Rating IV A without local ceramics. Surface scatter of 21º 59ʹ 13.7ʺ E High/Medium flakes, scrapers, cores, and microliths. significance 6. LSA/MSA open scatter of flakes, scrapers, LSA/MSA 28º 52ʹ 08.0ʺ S Field Rating IV A cores and microliths. Moderate density, 21º 59ʹ 23.5ʺ E High/Medium frequency. Without local ceramics. significance 7. Upper grindstone. No context. Dune site LSA 28º 52ʹ 08.4ʺ S Field Rating IV C vicinity. 21º 59ʹ 23.9ʺ E Low significance 8. LSA/MSA open scatter of flakes and LSA/MSA 28º 52ʹ 08.6ʺ S Field Rating IV C scrapers. 21º 59ʹ 24.0ʺ E Low significance 9. High density LSA/MSA open lithic scatter LSA/MSA 28º 52ʹ 12.9ʺ S Field Rating IV A without local ceramics. Surface scatter of 21º 59ʹ 15.0ʺ E High/Medium flakes, scrapers, cores, and microliths. significance Web: www.ubiquecrm.com Mail: [email protected] Office: (+27)116750125 ii PHASE 1 HIA/AIA REPORT FARM 387 PORTION 18 GROBLERSHOOP NORTHERN CAPE 10. High density LSA open lithic scatter with LSA 28º 52ʹ 13.4ʺ S Field Rating IV A local ceramics. Surface scatter of flakes, 21º 59ʹ 15.9ʺ E High/Medium scrapers, cores, and microliths. significance Probable hunter/herder site. 11. High density LSA open lithic scatter LSA 28º 52ʹ 06.0ʺ S Field Rating IV A without local ceramics. Surface scatter of 21º 59ʹ 34.5ʺ E High/Medium microliths. Dune site. significance 12. LSA/MSA open scatter of flakes and LSA/MSA 28º 52ʹ 16.4ʺ S Field Rating IV C scrapers 21º 59ʹ 16.1ʺ E Low significance 13. High density LSA/MSA open lithic scatter LSA/MSA 28º 52ʹ 10.7ʺ S Field Rating IV A without local ceramics. Surface scatter of 21º 59ʹ 27.0ʺ E High/Medium flakes, scrapers, cores, and microliths. significance Probable knapping site. Dune site 1. Approximately 500 m². 14. High density LSA/MSA open lithic scatter LSA/MSA 28º 52ʹ 16.5ʺ S Field Rating IV A without local ceramics. Surface scatter of 21º 59ʹ 16.6ʺ E High/Medium flakes, scrapers, cores, and microliths. significance Probable knapping site. 15. Upper grindstone. Dune site. LSA/MSA 28º 52ʹ 08.7ʺ S Field Rating IV C 21º 59ʹ 35.6ʺ E Low significance 16. High density LSA/MSA open lithic scatter LSA/MSA 28º 52ʹ 08.1ʺ S Field Rating IV A without local ceramics. Surface scatter of 21º 59ʹ 38.8ʺ E High/Medium flakes, scrapers, cores, and microliths. significance Probable knapping site. Dune site 2. Approximately 200 m². 17. LSA/MSA isolated scraper. No context. LSA/MSA 28º 52ʹ 11.0ʺ S Field Rating IV C Dune site. 21º 59ʹ 43.7ʺ E Low significance 18. LSA/MSA open scatter of flakes and LSA/MSA 28º 52ʹ 25.6ʺ S Field Rating IV C scrapers. 21º 59ʹ 21.7ʺ E Low significance 19. High density LSA/MSA open lithic scatter LSA/MSA 28º 52ʹ 12.3ʺ S Field Rating IV A without local ceramics. Surface scatter of 21º 59ʹ 48.4ʺ E High/Medium flakes, scrapers, cores, and microliths. significance Probable knapping site. Dune site 3. Approximately 1500 m². 20. High density LSA/MSA open lithic scatter LSA/MSA 28º 52ʹ 27.7ʺ S Field Rating IV A without local ceramics. Surface scatter of 21º 59ʹ 22.1ʺ E High/Medium flakes, scrapers, cores, and microliths. significance Probable knapping site. 21. Centre of Resort development. Extremely LSA/MSA 28º 52ʹ 30.3ʺ S Field Rating IV C disturbed ground and with possible Stone 21º 59ʹ 19.9ʺ E Low significance Age sites destroyed. Development started prior to the EIA/AIA application. 22. LSA/MSA open scatter of flakes and LSA/MSA 28º 52ʹ 19.1ʺ S Field Rating IV A scrapers. Dune site. 21º 59ʹ 42.6ʺ E High/Medium Significance Web: www.ubiquecrm.com Mail: [email protected] Office: (+27)116750125 iii PHASE 1 HIA/AIA REPORT FARM 387 PORTION 18 GROBLERSHOOP NORTHERN CAPE Historical 23. Location of previous settlements and 1975 -1980 28º 52ʹ 25.4ʺ S Field Rating IV C cement foundations of labourer structures 21º 59ʹ 21.1ʺ E Low significance from 1975 to 1980s who assisted with the building of the new Orange River Bridge. Between old foundations and general area there are surface scatters of lithics, and several upper and lower grinders.