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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Te Uma a Tongahake Pa Alternative Name: Pukakariki PaCountry: New Zealand
NOTE: This site is 62.253 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Hawera
Latitude: 39.5682S Longitude: 174.290350E
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 |
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| 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 |
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Te Uma a Tongahake Pa is a pre-European contact era fortfied site adjacent to the huge Turuturu Mokai Pa site, both located on the outskirts of Hawera in Taranaki, New Zealand. The ditches and embankments are still impressive although much smaller than its grander neighbour. The site is located 2 kilometres north of Hawera along Turuturu Road in an historic reserve. Te Uma a Tongahake Pa is the first pa as you enter the reserve and it has a name board by it. A detailed site sign showing tapu or sacred areas not to be entered in the historic reserve area appears by the entrance gate. Tawhiti Museum three kilometres from this site has excellent descriptive material about the pa at this historic reserve. The museum website is: http://www.tawhitimuseum.co.nz
References:
Science & Research Series, NZ Government: Archaeological Site Stabilisation and Vegetation Management. Case Studies I: Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Central Volcanic Plateau and Taranaki. Pages 74 to 78 (photos and text): http://www.doc.govt.nz/documents/science-and-technical/sr84-Entire.pdf
New Zealand Journal of Archaeology 2008 Vol 29 (2007) pp19-37,Kelvin Day, Contested Ground: Turuturu-Mōkai Pa, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand.
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