Protected heritage site · Gauteng

Drimolen

Drimolen is a protected heritage site in Gauteng, about 39 km north-west of Johannesburg. It covers 0,04 km² — number 11 by size of the 15 Gauteng areas with a recorded size.

Heritage and fossil sites Gautengnational heritage site of South Africa

0,0km² recorded size

—year established

—elevation of the point

39 kmnorth-west of Johannesburg

Drimolen, Gauteng — Photo: Andy Herries · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Facts

Type: Protected heritage site (archaeological site, paleontological site)
Province: Gauteng
Local municipality: Mogale City
Size: 0,04 km² · 4 ha
Rank by size: 105 of 115 nationally · 11 in Gauteng
Designations: national heritage site of South Africa
Part of: Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs
Coordinates: -25.9689, 27.7558
Nearest large town: Johannesburg, 39 km north-west
Wikipedia articles: 8 languages

Sources: Wikidata Q1259042 · Natural Earth (province outline)

Highlighted: Gauteng. Yellow pin: Drimolen.

Nearby

Plovers LakeProtected heritage site · 0 km²2 km south-east
Minnaar's CavesProtected heritage site · 0 km²3 km south-east
Bothongo Rhino & Lion Nature ReserveNature reserve4 km east
Coopers CaveProtected heritage site · 0 km²5 km south
SwartkransProtected heritage site6 km north-east
SterkfonteinProtected heritage site6 km south

GBIF records within 2 km

Wildlife recorded around Drimolen

9 mammal and 98 bird occurrence records within 2 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.

Mammals

Yellow MongooseCynictis penicillata3

Birds

Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.

More heritage and fossil sites in Gauteng

Sterkfontein Gladysvale Cave Swartkrans Coopers Cave Haasgat Motsetsi Plovers Lake Bolt's Farm Minnaar's Caves