<< Our Photo Pages >> Te Kopuke Pa - Hillfort in New Zealand
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Te Kopuke Pa Alternative Name: Mt St John Pa, R11/15, Tikikopuke Pa, Maungakehe Pa, Omahu PaCountry: New Zealand Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Auckland Nearest Village: Mt St John
Latitude: 36.88374S Longitude: 174.780530E
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 site comprises defensive embankments and ditches, terraces for agriculture and dwellings, and kumera pits. It is accessed by a footpath adjacent to 101A Market Road in the suburb of Mount St John, Auckland (although there are also more obscure access points from minor roads on the opposite side of the cone). Friendly cattle are often encountered as you wind your way up to the top of the crater. Towards the top there is a series of defensive ditches and embankments. At the top of the crater wall level areas for a redoubt and some large kumera pits can be seen whilst below are the level terraces used for agriculture and housing. There were probably palisades around the site at one time, although the pa has been abandoned since the defeat of the local chieftain Kiwi Tamaki of the Waiohua tribe around 1750. Housing now surrounds the cone and it is probable that cultivation fields and earthworks exist beneath these houses although no excavations have been undertaken across the whole site. Aerial mapping photos clearly show the ground features of this site.
References:
Mt St John Domain Management Plan, Auckland City Council
S Bulmer, Sources for the Archaeology of the Maaori Settlement of the Taamaki Volcanic District, Dept of Conservation, Wellington, 1994
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