# Moncks Bay Gun Emplacement / Circa 1940, a plaque of Moncks Bay A plaque of the city, standing at Monks Bay Gun Emplacement in Moncks Bay, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > MONCKS BAY GUN EMPLACEMENT / circa 1940 / (body text illegible due to glare and water) The surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. - The ground: Monks Bay Gun Emplacement - The suburb: [Moncks Bay](https://www.chch.live/moncks-bay) - The year the register carries: 2010 - Rides on: other - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20100608/00378/R0065844.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming Moncks Bay Gun Emplacement / Circa 1940](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Moncks%20Bay%20Gun%20Emplacement%20%2F%20Circa%201940) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Moncks%20Bay%20Gun%20Emplacement%20%2F%20Circa%201940) - [Moncks Bay](https://www.chch.live/moncks-bay), the suburb it stands in A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts. ## The ground under it - [Inside a modelled tsunami reach](https://www.chch.live/tsunami), ECAN Report R12/38 2012 · ECAN Report R14/78 2014 - [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Moncks Redcliffs, the managed reach - [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Raekura ki Matuku Takotako - [The plan zones this ground Transport](https://www.chch.live/zones), T - [The rockfall survey counts 82 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 55 came down · 4 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 8 April 2011 · ~150 m from the pin · 593 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.56596&lon=172.74377&radius=250 ## Around it - [Yacht Club Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1790-yacht-club-reserve), community park · under 150 m - [Barnett Park Sports Grounds](https://www.chch.live/park/1021-barnett-park-sports-grounds), sports ground park · ~300 m - [Walk and bike track through Clifton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-171-clifton), track · under 150 m - [In Memory of Peter Mander Yachting Nz’S 1st Olympic Gold](https://www.chch.live/plaque/58903-yacht-club-reserve), plaque · under 150 m - [We Remember With Love our Precious](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95225-avon-and-heathcote-estuary), plaque · under 150 m - [Moncks Bay Tram Stop 1934](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95235-avon-and-heathcote-estuary), plaque · ~200 m - [Rest a While and Embrace the / Moment / in Loving Memory](https://www.chch.live/plaque/95233-avon-and-heathcote-estuary), plaque · ~250 m ## The reports nearby 281 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8836762), [167 Main Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/moncks-bay/167-main-road) - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8641185), [1 Cliff St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/moncks-bay/1-cliff-street) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8468873), [3 Bay View Road, Moncks Bay, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/moncks-bay/3-bay-view-road) - [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/8353784), [167 Main Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/moncks-bay/167-main-road) - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8311383), [258 Main Road, Moncks Bay, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/moncks-bay/258-main-road) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8235853), [244 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/moncks-bay/244-main-road) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8223950), [239 Main Road, Moncks Bay, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/moncks-bay/239-main-road) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8182270), [161 Main Rd, Moncks Bay Canterbury 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/moncks-bay/161-main-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8174035), [258 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/moncks-bay/258-main-road) - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8051438), [218 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/moncks-bay/218-main-road) - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8014482), Main Rd near Wakatu Ave, Canterbury Region 8081, New Zealand - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/7963931), [23 Bay View Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/moncks-bay/23-bay-view-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Monks Bay Gun Emplacement in [Moncks Bay](https://www.chch.live/moncks-bay), one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. **What does it say?** The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the other. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service, commissioned 2010. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position. --- Christchurch City Council open data, the Furniture service’s Plaque layer. The inscription is the surveyor’s transcription; "In Service" is the books, not a promise the plaque still reads clean. The pin is the record’s position. The roll: https://www.chch.live/plaques · the record as data: https://www.chch.live/plaques.json · this plaque’s page: https://www.chch.live/plaque/95227-monks-bay-gun-emplacement