<< Our Photo Pages >> Taramakau Pa - Ancient Village or Settlement in New Zealand
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Other ArchaeologySite Name: Taramakau PaCountry: New Zealand
NOTE: This site is 18.057 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Greymouth Nearest Village: Camerons
Latitude: 42.56026S Longitude: 171.143960E
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | no data |
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The Taramakau river estuary is the location of an ancient Māori pa site which was washed away in floods. The location given is for the descriptive sign by the Taramakau bridge half way from Greymouth to Hokitika.
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