Amathole Heritage Initiative

Fort Peddie:The originator of the town name

The Amathole Heritage Initiative Project was initiated by the Amathole District Municipality, to develop four heritage Tourism Routes with visitor facilities, information displays and route centres, heritage sites, access improvements, signage and anchor project enterprises, form partnership/enterprises etc. The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism has donated R20 000 000 to run the project. The municipal area has benefited from the project, due to a number of eye catching tourism sites heritage sites.

The objectives of the project were the following:

• Identify sites in conjunction with stakeholders
• Identify needs for upgrading and cost
• Identify labour, select and train
• Rehabilitation of sites
• Enterprise/ joint ventures

Dick King Memorial Site

• Cluster 1 – Peddie Cluster
• Signal Tower and Memorial
• Cavalry Barracks
• Dick King Memorial
• Ayliff Church
• Interpretive Centre
• German Village
• uMqwashu Tree (Milkwood Tree)
• Battle of uMgwangqa
• Cluster 2 - Ixesi
• Fort Peddie
• Keiskamma Barracks
• Keiskamma Graves
• Intsikana Monument
  

  Calvary Heritage Site

• Fort Double Drift
• Cluster 3 – Amazizi / Hamburg
• Chief Msutu and Njokweni Memorial
• Fish River Sun
• Mphekweni Beach Hotel
• Hamburg area
• Old Womans River
• Newtondale
• Mrs. E. Shepstone Grave
• Wooldridge Cemetery
• Cluster 4 - Keiskamma
• KwaMadliki Methodist Church
• Mlanjeni Cave and Dam