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Submitted by Klingon on Friday, 14 January 2005 Page Views: 6769

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Puketapu Hill
Country: New Zealand
NOTE: This site is 210.46 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Dargaville Nearest Village: Aranga
Latitude: 35.71889S Longitude: 173.550830E
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

2 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

5 Access:

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.

4 Accuracy:

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

no data

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**Puketapu Hill** submitted by Klingon : A hill with structures like Cairns and Stone Circles on the top and the hillside. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cairn in New Zeeland

A hill with structures like Cairns and Stone Circles on the top and the hillside. The Maori word "Tapu" means "holy", and therefore the access to the hill is forbidden.
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