6-608: Melville Koppies is a nature reserve and a Johannesburg City Heritage Site in Johannesburg , South Africa . The word 'koppie' means small hill. Iron Age artefacts can still be found at the site. Visitors can walk or hike in the Koppies, and tours are offered. Neighbouring it is the Johannesburg Botanical Garden . In 1963 Revil Mason, excavating at the Koppies, found an Iron Age furnace for smelting iron ore, either in
12-491: A bowl or sunken furnace with carbon dating of charcoal found at varies levels at the site shows it would have been in use at various times between 1060AD and 1580AD. Another more modern Iron Age furnace was found on the northern slopes dating to the 18th/19th centuries. Melville, Johannesburg Melville is a bohemian suburb of Johannesburg , Gauteng , South Africa . It is the location of many restaurants and taverns , which are mostly frequented by students from
18-527: The horizon". Melville is also well known for the Melville Koppies (an archeological site , with rolling hills of grassland with views over the city), and is near the historic suburb of Sophiatown . The area, along with Parkhurst , Greenside , Parkview , Norwood and Emmarentia , is one of the many areas of the Northern Suburbs still to have high streets with cafes, restaurants and shops lining
24-855: The nearby University of Johannesburg , located in Auckland Park , and the University of the Witwatersrand , located in Braamfontein . It is one of the city's most popular tourist destinations. The suburb is to the west of the Johannesburg CBD. It is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality . Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land of one of
30-434: The original farms that make up Johannesburg, called Braamfontein . The suburb was proclaimed on 5 October 1896, and is named after the land surveyor , Edward Harker Vincent Melvill. In the public sale notice, the suburb was described as a "picturesque and healthy spot in the vicinity of Johannesburg with a magnificent view of the wooded country to the north with the blue Pretoria ranges stretching like lines of steel against
36-533: The streets rather than in enclosed shopping centres . In Melville, the majority of these are located along 7th Street , although there are also several on other streets, such as 4th Avenue and Main Street (where there is also a supermarket). There are over 30 guest houses in the vicinity, and Melville is a popular stopover in Johannesburg for tourists. On 7th Street, in addition to restaurants, there are several bars and
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