Ngā Tohuwhenua Mai Te Rangi: A New Zealand Archeology in Aerial Photographs
Whenuanui, a pā with many raised-rim storage pits on the high terrace of the Waipāoa River near Pūhā, East Coast
Whenuanui, a pā with many raised-rim storage pits on the high terrace of the Waipāoa River near Pūhā, East Coast
In this oblique view, raised-rim pits show clearly within the defended area of the pā. A Pleistocene (ice-age) river-terrace surface has been cut by gully erosion (foreground) and the main river (in distance), leaving a narrow neck at the right of the picture. This neck has been defended by two sections of ditch and bank, only one of which shows here. The view is to the south-west in afternoon light. The largest of the pits is about 7 m square. The main defended area is about 100 by 200 m in extent.