Is it legal to collect at Gqeberha, South Africa: Humewood dunes, Victorian refuse reclamation?

Prohibited, look only. SA: the same article states the heritage law treats rubbish dumps as archaeological sites; NHRA 1999 protects material over 100 years, digging needs a SAHRA or provincial permit; dunes are municipal

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Gqeberha, South Africa

Q: What can you find at Gqeberha, South Africa: Humewood dunes, Victorian refuse reclamation?

Victorian black glass, aqua medicines, stoneware, clay pipes, dolls, buttons

Humewood dunes, Victorian refuse reclamation

Old dump ground Documented siteProhibited, look only

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottles

Sea pottery

Clay pipe stems

Also reported: aqua medicines, dolls, buttons.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Joseph Storr Lister stabilised the Port Elizabeth beachfront dunes with household and stable refuse 1893 to 1899; collectors dug the Victorian dump from the 1960s.

antiquebottles.co.za (Diana Wemyss, Glass and Dust Jan 2002): Lister used refuse for dune reclamation in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth 1893 to 1899, the PE dump was dug from the 1960s and is now largely depleted; Treasures from Ashes article calls the PE dump over 100 years oldView source →