Nooitgedacht Glacial Pavements

#370 among destinations in South Africa

Archaeological site

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Facts and practical information

The Nooitgedacht Glacial Pavements comprise a geological feature between Kimberley and Barkly West, South Africa, pertaining to the Palaeozoic-age Dwyka Ice Age, or Karoo Ice Age, where the glacially scoured ancient bedrock was used, substantially more recently, during the Later Stone Age period in the late Holocene as panels for rock engravings. ()

Coordinates: 28°35'59"S, 24°36'43"E

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Northern CapeSouth Africa

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Nooitgedacht Glacial Pavements – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre, Barkly West Museum, Canteen Kopje, St. Mary's Church.

5.2 miSE
Museum, Archaeological museum
Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre, Kimberley
134 min walk • Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre is a rock engraving site with visitor centre on land owned by the!Xun and Khwe San situated about 16 km from Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.
5.9 miNW
Museum, Archaeological museum
Barkly West Museum
151 min walk • The Barkly West Museum was established in 2000 in the old Toll House beside the Barkly Bridge which crosses the Vaal River at Barkly West in the Northern Cape, South Africa.
6.3 miNW
Archaeological site
Canteen Kopje, Barkly West
161 min walk • Canteen Kopje is an archaeological site, formally protected as a grade 2 provincial heritage site, and approved in 2017 for re-grading to national status, situated outside Barkly West in the Northern Cape, South Africa.
7 miNW
Church
St. Mary's Church, Barkly West
180 min walk • The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Barkly West, was for some years the principal Anglican parish on the Diamond Fields, South Africa, and the churches established soon afterwards at the Dry Diggings – what would become Kimberley – were at first mere outstations.

Nooitgedacht Glacial Pavements

Facts and practical information

Nooitgedacht Glacial Pavements – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre, Kimberley

Barkly West Museum

Canteen Kopje, Barkly West

St. Mary's Church, Barkly West