# Rīpapa, an old site of Christchurch

A named archaeological site in the open map’s record, mapped as a fortification.

From the air, an aerial view of Rīpapa: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=site-ripapa (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.

- [Ripapa Island/ Fort Jervois and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/334) · List 5306

## 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), Ripapa Island/ Fort Jervois and Setting
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Ripapa Island (Taununu Pā)
- [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 nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 20 June 2011 · ~200 m from the pin · 201 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.620466&lon=172.754547&radius=250

## Around it

- [Godley House](https://www.chch.live/site/godley-house), site · 1.2 km
- [Timeball-Keepers Foundations](https://www.chch.live/site/timeball-keepers-foundations), site · 2.7 km
- [Site of the Signalman's Hut](https://www.chch.live/site/site-of-the-signalmans-hut), site · 2.7 km
- [Mount Pleasant World War Ⅱ 3.7″ Anti-aircraft Battery](https://www.chch.live/site/mount-pleasant-world-war-3-7-anti-aircraft-battery), site · 3.5 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Rīpapa?**

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

**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 Rīpapa?**

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.


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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/ripapa
The register proper: https://www.chch.live/history
The high places above them: https://www.chch.live/summit