Diggings

Diggings is a quarry in , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barkly West.

Photo: Janek Szymanowski, CC BY-SA 3.0.
lies just off the R31, north-west of Kimberley, in the . Formerly known as Klipdrift, the first digging activity took place here in 1869 following the discovery of diamonds on the De Kalk farm.

Diggings

Latitude
-28.49072° or 28° 29′ 27″ south
Longitude
24.56913° or 24° 34′ 9″ east
Open location code
5G36GH59+PM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1117323285
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
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