Artillerymen's Memorial
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Artillerymen's Memorial is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon) stands 1,086 m to the south-southeast, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is General Jan Christian Smuts Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
The story
Artillery Memorial, Cape Town was erected in memory of the gunners who fought for South Africa during World War I. The memorial, which forms part of the Delville Wood Memorial, is located in the Company's Garden, Cape Town, and was strategically established to commemorate South Africa's artillery soldiers who fell in battle. Of those who volunteered to fight during the war, 5800 were white South African, amongst whom 15% were Dutch and 85% English. An estimated 2536 of these men were killed in the Deville Wood battle in Europe. The Artillery Memorial, an authentic cannon facing east towards the National Gallery, proudly honors South Africa's heavy artillerymen. Inscribed on it are the names of the officers, N.C.O.'s and men of the South African artillery who fell in the Great War (1914–1918). The memorial is classified as a public monument and as such is subject to protection in terms of heritage legislation administered by Heritage Western Cape the provincial heritage resources authority of the Western Cape Province.
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Wikidata Q16251859, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
59 named places within 25 miles
- Signal Hill: 1.1 mi
- Lion's Head: 1.6 mi
- Devil's Peak: 2.3 mi
- Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon): 2.7 mi
- Fernwood Peak: 3.1 mi
- General Jan Christian Smuts Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Delville Wood Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Statue of Sir Major General Sir Henry Timson Lukin: 0.0 mi
- Bartolomeu Dias: 1.0 mi
- Rhodes Memorial: 3.0 mi
- The "Blue Train": 2.0 mi
- Die Oog: 8.5 mi
- Harvest Capella Shipwreck: 9.1 mi
- BOS 400 Shipwreck: 9.7 mi
- Nitida Winery: 12.1 mi
- Atla's Pool: 9.2 mi
- Silvermine Waterfall: 11.9 mi
- Tyger Falls: 12.7 mi
- Imizamo Yethu Township Museum: 7.8 mi
- Hout Bay Museum: 8.4 mi
- The Bronze Leopard: 8.9 mi
- Pepper Tree Art Stable: 20.4 mi
- Ken Heights Private Nature Reserve: 6.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Artillerymen's Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon) | SSE 169° | 1,086 m | 2.7 mi |
| Fernwood Peak | SSE 169° | 1,003.1 m | 3.1 mi |
| Devil's Peak | SE 143° | 1,000.5 m | 2.3 mi |
| Constantiaberg | SSW 191° | 927.7 m | 8.9 mi |
| Junction Peak | S 180° | 919 m | 3.1 mi |
| Grootkop | SSW 208° | 857 m | 5.0 mi |
| Reserve Peak | S 185° | 844 m | 3.7 mi |
| Noordhoek Peak | SSW 192° | 764 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 07:52 | 17:07 | 17:46 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 05:33 | 19:21 | 19:57 |
Local time (Africa/Johannesburg).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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