Anzac Gallipoli Archaeology Database

Dugout
Feature ID:
501
Artefact No.:
Artefact Type:
Survey Date:
10 September 2012
Location:
Dead Man's Ridge
Period:
c. 1915
Area Nationality:
Turkish
Deployed By:
Length (cm):
200
Width (cm):
135
Preservation:
good
Associated Feature:
502
Material:
Photographed:
Yes
Description:
Dugout (Turkish lookout position?). Oval depression, 135cm wide x 200cm long x 60cm deep (eastern side). The feature is fairly eroded, especially on the western side. Thick leaf litter covering the depression. Scrubby, low vegetation surrounding the depression, but a large (over 2m high) rhododendron growing in the scarp on the highest (eastern) side. Below the depression, the hillside is steep and heavily eroded.

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