This probably is an old town cemetery and form part of the Albasini graves, not very much is known about this little cemetery or about William Morkel Mostert the only tomb stone that is still readable today. Our dad told us when they build the N1 around 1975 they found some more graves so part of the cemetery lies under the N1. I could remember around 30-35 years ago me and my mates played in this tree park and visited this cemetery on a semi regular basis, back then the tombstones was more readable and the cemetery over all was kept in a much better condition. The youngest person was a 3 year old girl whom died of malaria.
a Little piece of history we could find about this cemetery is, that of the 5 ZAR Artillerists that is buried here. They were killed when they cleaned out Fort Schutte, after the war against the Vendas where the Fire Station is standing today.
Fort Schutte, named after Ltn. Schutte, was used as the ammunition depot by the commandos. They stored Martini Henri, as well as Whitworth shells for the breech-loading canons in it. The gun-powder propellant in those shells must have become crystallized and very sensitive to movement and when one shell was dropped, it exploded and obviously caused a domino effect that blew the fort apart and killed the Artillerists inside.
All that is left of the fort afterwards was the steel ‘nock’ that held the roof segments together. It looks like the rim of an old tractor wheel and is in the Lalapanzi Hotel Museum.
Please be aware of muggles.
Thank you Charles Leach fot this titbit of history
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This cash have been tampered with. I was forced to move it. 2 meters to the right of the exciting hiding spot OPOR