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Proposed move edit
Should this page be moved to Stockade Hill, Howick? JPD (talk) 11:25, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
Archaeology in New Zealand (2000) edit
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- New Zealand Archaeological Association (2000), Archaeology in New Zealand, vol. 43–44, New Zealand Archaeological Association, p. 107
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Over the last few months Dianne Harlow....
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Over the last few months Dianne Harlow, who works under the name Architage, has been engaged in a variety of projects. Monitoring of earthworks has been undertaken over various stages at Stockade Hill, Howick, South Auckland. The historic reserve. Rll/326, contains the earthwork remains of a stockade constructed probably in 1862 as a refuge for women and children of the area against the perceived threat of an attack by Maori. Howick had become the headquarters for the Third Battalion of the Auckland Militia which was responsible for the redoubts within the area. Surprisingly little is known of the construction and layout of the stockade or the history of the site. Manukau City Council have undertaken, through a new Management Plan, some changes in the reserve requiring the need for archaeological monitoring. Old plantings of exotics have been removed opening the 360 degree views, particularly out to the Hauraki Gulf, while historic plantings remain. Two water tanks and associated installations have been removed as well as the foundations of two flagstaffs from withing the stocade area. A new foundation was laid in time for Anzac day. |
Request photos edit
Photos like:
- Panorama of part of Auckland bay from Stockade Hill
- The first image manages to capture the ditch which was part of the fortifications and the war memorial In addition one like the that of the war memorial on the same page (which also show the view north) and one of just the ditches showing more details of them.
Also and also views in the two opposite directions (one of which would be down the hill into Howick the opposite from the one in this section).