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<< Our Photo Pages >> Puketapapa Pa - Hillfort in New Zealand

Submitted by DrewParsons on Monday, 20 August 2012  Page Views: 4148

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Puketapapa Pa Alternative Name: Mt Roskill Pa, Pukewiwi Pa, Puketaapapa Pa, R11/19
Country: New Zealand Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Auckland  Nearest Village: Mt Roskill
Latitude: 36.91259S  Longitude: 174.737210E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Puketapapa Pa
Puketapapa Pa submitted by DrewParsons : Cultivation and habitation terraces on the north eastern side of the cone. August 2012. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Puketapapa Pa is a Maori Hillfort and settlement located on a volcanic cone in the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill.

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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Puketapapa Pa
Puketapapa Pa submitted by DrewParsons : Cultivation terrace on the upper slopes of the western side of the volcanic cone. August 2012. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Puketapapa Pa
Puketapapa Pa submitted by DrewParsons : The kumera pit at the summit. August 2012. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Puketapapa Pa
Puketapapa Pa submitted by DrewParsons : 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. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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