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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Pukematakeo Pa Alternative Name: R09/544, Sugarloaf Mountain Pa, Sugarloaf PaCountry: New Zealand
NOTE: This site is 2.072 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Warkworth Nearest Village: Matakana
Latitude: 36.33398S Longitude: 174.723930E
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 |
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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 |
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Pukematakeo Pa is located on private land north of the Matakana to Leigh road. It is a prominent landmark and was an important pa (hillfort) and lookout site for local Maori people. The county archaeological summary document records that it is an "impressive terraced pa with continued erosion and stock damage to midden, a number of features, stone faced terraces, a prominent landmark".
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