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Stone Rondavel
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Classification  | A.11.3.1. (Complexes of) Buildings, Private, Residences
Proclamation No  | 051/1969
Place  | Aroab, Farm Quellort
Region  | Karas
Site Environment  | Farm House
Previous Use  | Residence.
Current Use  | Storage room.
Refences  | Official Gazette 2977, No. 19, 1969. Vogt, Andreas, "National Monuments in Namibia", Windhoek 2004, p. 196-197.
Legal Status  | Declared as National Monument on 15.03.1969 by the Historical Monuments Commission for South West Africa (HMC).
     

Description

Circular stone rondavel, measuring about 7-8 m in diameter. The stones that served as scaffolding stick out the roof. 1 little window and a door. Walls are 60 cm thick and 1,90 m high. The roof consists of flat stones (3-5 cm thick), which are piled on each other, topped by a single flat stone. Plastered with clay and dung, later with lime and sand.

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Brief History

Mr Firtz Engels who immigrated from South Africa erected it in 1900.
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