# Battery Observation Post III, an old site of Christchurch A named ruin in the open map’s record, lying in Sumner. Suburb: [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/sumner) From the air, an aerial view of Battery Observation Post III: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=site-battery-observation-post-iii (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0). ## On the register nearby Listed places within about 300m, the register may hold this very site under its listed name, or a neighbour of it. - [Godley Head](https://www.chch.live/place/485) ## The ground under it - [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay - [Inside a listed place’s setting](https://www.chch.live/heritage), Godley Head - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaraupō - [Inside a kept landscape, NCCE1.0 - Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Natural](https://www.chch.live/zones), ON - [The rockfall survey counts 14 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 3 came down · 1 wobbles easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 13 June 2011 · ~250 m from the pin · 286 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.591662&lon=172.791622&radius=250 ## Around it - [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-190-sumner), track · under 150 m - [jetty](https://www.chch.live/site/jetty), site · 1.0 km - [Old Godley head lighthouse structure?](https://www.chch.live/site/old-godley-head-lighthouse-structure), site · 1.0 km - [Anti Aircraft Battery (Historic)](https://www.chch.live/site/anti-aircraft-battery-historic), site · 4.3 km - [Kaitara](https://www.chch.live/site/kaitara), site · 4.4 km ## The reports nearby 4 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/7066137), CQ5Q+3X Christchurch, Canterbury Region, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/6953665), CQ5V+55 Christchurch, Canterbury Region, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/6953664), CQ5R+52 Christchurch, Canterbury Region, New Zealand - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5455522), CQ5V+55 Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Battery Observation Post III?** A named ruin in the open map’s record of Christchurch, lying in [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/sumner). **What stood here?** The map’s own tags are all this page claims, a named place where something stood or lies buried. The heritage register nearby (linked where the record keeps one) and the library’s photograph collections carry the fuller story. **What’s on the register near Battery Observation Post III?** 1 listed place within 300m, each opens its own record from this page. **Is the site open to visit?** The map doesn’t say, an archaeological site may be private land, delicate ground or both. Treat the pin as where the record puts it, not an invitation. --- The position and the tags are OpenStreetMap’s, a named node or way tagged historic=ruins or historic=archaeological_site inside the city boundary (ODbL). A name is the mapper’s, a lead, not a register listing. An old site may be private land or delicate ground; the pin is not an invitation. The page: https://www.chch.live/site/battery-observation-post-iii The register proper: https://www.chch.live/history The high places above them: https://www.chch.live/summit