Figure 38. Hangarei marae. 1–3 sections of interrupted back line: 1, left section; 2, middle section defined by limestone slabs which in middle part of section form front wall of raised platform (6); 3, right section defined by low limestone slabs. 4, pillar 6 feet 5 inches high, 2 feet 3 inches wide at bottom, and 2 feet 10 inches wide at top. 5, pillar broken, 6 feet 9 inches high and 10 inches thick. 6, raised stone platform, differing from platforms in Tokerau, Rauhara, and Te Reinga in lying outside of back line (front boundary formed of coral boulders built up above the back line (2) of limestone slabs, 3 feet above marae floor; coral boulders forming platform somewhat scattered, due to operations of seekers after land crabs that seek refuge under stones). 7, left back inclosure above level of marae floor defined on left by single line of low stones, with similar line at back and no traces of house foundations. 8, right inclosure above level of marae floor, no traces of house foundations. 9, gap. 10, left side with few small pillars standing. 11, broken pillar 3 feet 4 inches wide and 2 feet high. 12, right side, number of small pillars standing, height ranging from 18 to 26 inches except broken pillar (13). 13, pillar 3 feet 6 inches high. 14, front line, three standing pillars and two broken. 15, left corner with higher coral slabs. 16, right corner raised and filled in to height of 12 inches to level marae floor. 17, line of stones. 18, line of stones. 19, turtle oven on mound of accumulated discarded coral used in cooking, 130 feet in circumference and about 6 feet high with hollow at top containing charcoal and ashes from cooking fires.