🗿 Ancient & archaeological sites in South Africa

Detourmap maps 13 ancient & archaeological sites worth the detour in South Africa — ruins, stone circles, dolmens, pyramids, hillforts. The best known is Swartkrans. All of them are listed below. Each has a photo and a Wikipedia article.

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  Swartkrans

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Notable

  Fossil-bearing cave in South Africa

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  Kromdraai fossil site

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Notable

  Archeological site in South Africa

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  Pinnacle Point

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Notable

  Small promontory south of Mossel Bay, South Africa

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  Gladysvale Cave

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Protected area

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  Melrose House

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · 19th century · Hidden gem

  Building in South Africa

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  Canteen Kopje

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Archaeological site in South Africa

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  Drimolen

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Cave near Johannesburg with prehistoric human remains

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  Plovers Lake

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Find spot in South Africa

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  Motsetsi

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Find spot in South Africa

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  Blaauboschkraal stone ruins

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Archaeological site in South Africa

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  Koopmans-de Wet House

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · 20th century · Hidden gem

  House museum in Cape Town

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  SAS Good Hope

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  1944 Loch-class frigate

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  SS Thomas T. Tucker

  🗿 Ancient & megalithic · Hidden gem

  Shoreline recent wreck dive site at Olifantsbospunt on the Cape Peninsula west coast

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