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Tapapakanga Park
Date Added: 17th Jun 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: New Zealand
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2012
Tapapakanga Park submitted by DrewParsons on 12th Jun 2012. Auckland Council Regional Parks brochure map. I have annotated it to show where the stone field agricultural sites and two of the pas are located. June 2012
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West Manly Pa
Date Added: 17th Jun 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: New Zealand
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2012
West Manly Pa submitted by DrewParsons on 13th Jun 2012. The pa commands a grand view of the eastern headland around which hostile canoes might approach. As it happened this pa and others around the Whangaparaoa Peninsula received their heaviest attack from the Nga Puhi tribe arriving by sea from the north. June 2012.
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Okura 784 Settlement & Midden
Date Added: 17th Jun 2012
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: New Zealand
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2012
Okura 784 Settlement & Midden submitted by DrewParsons on 15th Jun 2012. A view of the midden's exposed face above the river. The midden is one of many along the Okura river and is evidence of the settlement of this region my Maori peoples. The midden contains the debris of the adjacent long abandoned settlement. See the main text on this page for a more detailed description of middens. June 2012.
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Orewa South Bridge Pa
Date Added: 15th Jul 2012
Site Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Country: New Zealand
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2012
Orewa South Bridge Pa submitted by DrewParsons on 20th Jun 2012. The finely worked adze. June 2012.
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Maungawhau
Date Added: 15th Jul 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: New Zealand
Visited: Yes on 13th Jul 2012
Maungawhau submitted by DrewParsons on 13th Jul 2012. View across the main crater towards the chiefly settlement area.
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Tehueto Tohua
Date Added: 15th Jul 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Pacific Islands
Visited: Yes on 13th Jul 2012
Tehueto Tohua submitted by DrewParsons on 13th Jul 2012. Tiki face carving locations illustrated on the sign at the site. November 2005
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Temehea Tohua
Date Added: 15th Jul 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Pacific Islands
Visited: Yes on 13th Jul 2012
Temehea Tohua submitted by DrewParsons on 13th Jul 2012. Copy of a picture by Pierre Loti in 1872 of Vaekehu who was the Chieftainess and queen who reunited the Taiohae through marriage. This site was her home. The Marquesas Islands have been settled by Polynesians since around 200 BC.
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Taetae Tupuna He'e Tai
Date Added: 15th Jul 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: Pacific Islands
Visited: Yes on 13th Jul 2012
Taetae Tupuna He'e Tai submitted by DrewParsons on 13th Jul 2012. Nuku Hiva's Taetae Tupuna He'e Tai Museum
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Te Arai o Tahuhu Pa
Date Added: 15th Jul 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: New Zealand
Visited: Yes on 13th Jul 2012
Te Arai o Tahuhu Pa submitted by DrewParsons on 13th Jul 2012. Overview of the pa's location. July 2012.
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Epsom Modern Megalith
Date Added: 15th Jul 2012
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: New Zealand
Visited: Yes on 13th Jul 2012
Epsom Modern Megalith submitted by DrewParsons on 13th Jul 2012. Epsom Modern megalith. July 2012.
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Kakaha Pa
Date Added: 1st Nov 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: New Zealand
Visited: Yes on 10th Aug 2012
Kakaha Pa submitted by DrewParsons on 10th Aug 2012. Wenderholm Regional Park walking track map showing the location of the pa. August 2012.
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Cornwall Park Rongo Stone
Date Added: 1st Nov 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: New Zealand
Visited: Yes on 20th Aug 2012
Cornwall Park Rongo Stone submitted by DrewParsons on 20th Aug 2012. Location map in Cornwall Park - the Rongo Stone is marked as point 27 on the map. August 2012.
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Te Kopuke Pa
Date Added: 1st Nov 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: New Zealand
Visited: Yes on 20th Aug 2012
Te Kopuke Pa submitted by DrewParsons on 20th Aug 2012. The old site sign located by the upper defensive ditches. August 2012
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Puketapapa Pa
Date Added: 1st Nov 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: New Zealand
Visited: Yes on 20th Aug 2012
Puketapapa Pa submitted by DrewParsons on 20th Aug 2012. View from the summit looking down to one of the cultivation and habitation terraces, with the Manukau Harbour in the distance towards the west. August 2012.
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Remuera Pa
Date Added: 1st Nov 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: New Zealand
Visited: Yes on 21st Aug 2012
Remuera Pa submitted by DrewParsons on 21st Aug 2012. View showing how the ditch and embankment ran down to the steep side of the volcano. August 2012.
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Mangere Mountain Pa
Date Added: 1st Nov 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: New Zealand
Visited: Yes on 21st Aug 2012
Mangere Mountain Pa submitted by DrewParsons on 21st Aug 2012. Detail from the site sign illustrating how the fortified village would once have looked. August 2012.
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Maungakiekie Pa
Date Added: 1st Nov 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: New Zealand
Visited: Yes on 21st Aug 2012
Maungakiekie Pa submitted by DrewParsons on 21st Aug 2012. The first defended summit 80 metres up the road from the car park opposite the entrance and outer defenses described in the adjacent photo.
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Devil's Stone (Perth & Kinross)
Date Added: 1st Nov 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Perth and Kinross)
Visited: Yes on 28th Oct 2012
Devil's Stone (Perth & Kinross) submitted by DrewParsons on 28th Oct 2012. The stone viewed from the road behind its bars!! At least one can view it from the lane and it is probably safer behind bars too. September 2012.
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Balgarthno
Date Added: 1st Nov 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Angus)
Visited: Yes on 28th Oct 2012
Balgarthno submitted by DrewParsons on 28th Oct 2012. Part of the informative site sign. September 2012.
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Ardestie
Date Added: 1st Nov 2012
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: Scotland (Angus)
Visited: Yes on 28th Oct 2012
Ardestie submitted by DrewParsons on 28th Oct 2012. Plan of the excavations undertaken in 1949. From the site sign photographed in September 2012.
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