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Carciapas Tolhuis is a historic toll house located near Riversdal (Riversdale) in the Western Cape, South Africa. Built in 1871, it was used to collect tolls from travelers crossing the Carcia Pass, a mountain pass that connected the coastal regions to the interior. The toll house operated until 1918, when toll collection ceased, likely due to changing transportation infrastructure and the decline of horse-drawn traffic. The building is a modest, single-story structure typical of 19th-century toll houses in the Cape Colony, often constructed with local stone or plastered brick.

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