Lekhalong la Bo Tau | |
  Shown within South Africa | |
| Location | Eastern Free State, South Africa |
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| Coordinates | 29°5′59.84″S 27°27′3.44″E / 29.0999556°S 27.4509556°E |
Modderpoort, also known as Lekhalong la Bo Tau or ‘The Pass of the Lions’, is the site in the eastern Free State, South Africa, where the Anglican Missionary Brotherhood, the Brotherhood of St Augustine of Hippo, was established by Bishop Edward Twells in the late 1860s.[1] It is also associated with the BaSotho prophet ‘Mantsopa, while the ‘sacred landscape’ in the vicinity includes San rock painting sites.[2]
- ^ Karel Schoeman (1986). The Free State Mission: The Anglican Church in the OFS, 1863-1883. pp. 19–21.
- ^ Ouzman, S. (1998), Heritage site of the Free State: Magical Modderpoort, Roc Art Department, National Museum, Bloemfontein. Prepared for the Free State Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism in connection with site worthy of consideration for World Heritage Sites status.