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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Puketapapa Pa Alternative Name: Mt Roskill Pa, Pukewiwi Pa, Puketaapapa Pa, R11/19Country: New Zealand
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Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Auckland Nearest Village: Mt Roskill
Latitude: 36.91259S Longitude: 174.737210E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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From the summit car park there is a short path leading to the western summit of the volcanic cone from where you can look down to the cultivation and habitation terraces on the upper slopes of the cone. There is a kumera pit (once it would have been thatched and with wicker walls and used for storing kumera through the winter) as you reach the summit. The aerial photographs of the site clearly show the terraces and other kumera pits on the western, southern and eastern sides of the cone.
The construction of a water reservoir and access lane on the summit has caused major damage to parts of the cone. Rescue archaeological finds from that work have included basalt and greywacke adzes, sandstone polishers, and two baked clay items interpreted as beads. Post holes from a double row of palisades were also found at the summit. Four radio carbon dates place occupation of the site between 1400 AD 1700 AD, after which the site was abandoned due to the defeat of the local tribe by the Ngati Whatua tribe around 1750.
The site is located in the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill and is reached by a summit road leading off of Dominion Road immediately south of the bridge over the South Western Motorway.
References:
Clough R. and Bickler S., Mt Roskill Cycleway Archaeological Assessment Auckland City Council, 2007
S Bulmer, Sources for the Archaeology of the Maaori Settlement of the Taamaki Volcanic District, Dept of Conservation, Wellington, 1994
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