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Lonehill in the Johannesburg Region of Gauteng, South Africa
Lonehill is a large secure suburb situated just a couple of kilometres to the east of Fourways. Lonehill gets its name from a secluded kopjie around which the suburb of the same name has arisen. At the top of the kopjie are a number of large boulders, very old rocks, which are surrounded by trees and indigenous shrubs that almost obscure the rocks except for those at the very top. The kopjie, which covers about 8 hectares is some 80 metres above the surrounding veld, much of which has been taken over by housing developments.

There are three Iron Age furnaces in the veld beneath the Lonehill kopjie that were excavated in the 1960s but are now covered up again. Nearby there is evidence of pottery manufacture. A large mound of square granite blocks can be seen at the foot of Lonehill kopjie, evidence of an abandoned government quarry.

 

 

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