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Ngā Tohuwhenua Mai Te Rangi: A New Zealand Archeology in Aerial Photographs

A pā with many pits near Tūpāroa, Waiapu district

A pā with many pits near Tūpāroa, Waiapu district

A pā with many pits near Tūpāroa, Waiapu district

Described by the original site recorders, Anne Leahy and Wendy Walsh, as 'magnificent', this site demonstrates the degree to which pits are sometimes found packed into pā. The pits are about 5 m long by 2 m wide and most are of the raised-rim variety. In this view, the defensive elements of the site are not pronounced but there is a transverse ditch on the level ridge on the right. Elsewhere the potential defensive perimeter of the site is sharply delineated by the relatively steep sides of the ridges. Towards the centre of the site, on the broad ridge running towards the camera, the larger open rectangular areas with no rims are probably house platforms. The view is to the east.