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Afrikaans: Elandskop buite Petrus Steyn, Vrystaat, is 1 762 m bo seespieël geleë, en het weens genl. de Wet se aktiwiteite hier en te Trommel, 'n nabye plaas, bekendheid verwerf. Elandskop is tydens die Boere-oorlog aangewend om De Wet sowel as president Steyn deur heliografiese boodskappe uit Britse hande te hou. Die heliograaf was naamlik 'n belangrike mobiele element in die uitrusting van Boer en Brit in die oorlog. Namate die blokhuisstelsel beweging vir die Boere begin bemoeilik het, is die heliograaf gebruik om inligting en intelligensie bo-oor besettingslyne te stuur. Op 'n mooiweersdag kon boodskappe selfs na stasies te Vredefortpad, Presidentkoppie en Vereeniging gestuur word. Ou bouvalle teen die koppie mag dié van Boer of Brit wees. Dit word verder vermoed dat Mosjesj se soldate hul vyande tydens die Mfecane van hier af bespied het. Met Vegkop slegs 25 km weg, sou Silkaats se impies ook destyds hierdie omgewing deurtrek het. Hierdie voorgestelde erfenisterrein is ook die tuiste van ouvolk-akkedisse wat inheems is aan die Riemlandstreek. 'n Stappie teen die koppie lei die besoeker ook na ander fauna en medisinale plante. Die plaaslike geskiedenis-museum is ook na Elandskop vernoem.
English: Elandskop outside Petrus Steyn, Free State, situated at an altitude of 1,762 m above sea level. It was once made famous by general De Wet who planned his attacks from its top or from the farm called Trommel, just outside Petrus Steyn. A heliograph was also employed from here to communicate across the British blockhouse lines which impeded the movements of Boer commandos. Such communication assisted in keeping general De Wet and president Steyn out of British hands. On a fine day one could establish communication to stations as far afield as Vredefort Road, President Koppie and Vereeniging! Old ruins can also be found on the koppie and could have been left behind by either the Boers or Brits. It is also rumoured that Moshoeshoe’s warriors used Elandskop during Mfecane for spying purposes. With Vegkop just 25 km away, Mzilikazi impis would have also roamed the koppie at the time. Now nominated to be declared a heritage site, Elandskop is home to species like the ouvolk (sungazer), an endangered griddled lizard endemic to the Riemland region. When one hikes up the koppie one finds fauna and ancient plants for medicinal purposes. In honour of the koppie, a local history museum is named for Elandskop! |
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