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Ōnawe Pā

A named archaeological site in the open map’s record: mapped as a fortification, lying in Duvauchelle. Also recorded as “Onawe Pa sieged in 1832”.

On the map as
fortification
The suburb
Duvauchelle

Where it lies

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s position for the site. The strong outline is the suburb.

The ground under it

The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →

Around it

The reports nearby

2 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Trees & parks, 2 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Questions, answered briefly

What is Ōnawe Pā?

A named archaeological site in the open map’s record of Christchurch: mapped as a fortification, lying in Duvauchelle.

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.

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 record behind this

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.

This page as markdown: /site/onawe-pa.md · the sites as data: /peaks.geojson · on the big map: /map?layer=peaks · the register proper: /history · the high places: /summit · every roll, counted: /geography.