<< Our Photo Pages >> Mangere Mountain Pa - Hillfort in New Zealand
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Mangere Mountain Pa Alternative Name: R11/26, Te Pane A Mataaho, Te Upoko o MataahoCountry: New Zealand
NOTE: This site is 2.405 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Auckland Nearest Village: Mangere
Latitude: 36.94975S Longitude: 174.783140E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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The site is located in the Auckland suburb of Mangere and is connected to Ambury Regional Park by a track. Ambury Regional Park has many archaeological sites as it was used for gardening and crop growing by the inhabitants of the pa and surrounding kainga (settlements).
The site is a large volcanic cone with twin craters and a trail winds it way up to the summit from where grand views of the region can be seen. Along the trail there are information boards and evidence of ditches, kumera storage pits and habitation. To the south and west side of the volcano there are narrow terraced areas which would have been used for homes and cultivation. The pa would have been palisaded and would have provided a very strong fortification given the steepness of the volcano's sides.
References:
Mangere Mountain and Ambury Regional Park brochures, Department of Conservation.
Archaeology and Brief History of the Ambury Area, Auckland Regional Council, Ambury Regional Park Management Plan, 1994 and 2002.
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