Klipgat

Klipgat is associated with the southern Cape coast, where caves and inland grazing country meet the sea. At Klipgat Cave near Walker Bay, archaeological finds include pottery and sheep bones dating back roughly two thousand years, evidence of an early pastoral presence in the western Cape. Remains of fish and shellfish also show the importance of coastal resources.

Much later, Dutch settlement at the Cape expanded into lands used by Indigenous communities. Livestock trade and colonial farming brought changing relationships as well as conflict and displacement. The cave's much older finds illuminate the region's deep history, but do not establish continuous occupation of this particular place in every later century.