Anzac Gallipoli Archaeology Database

Artefact Metal container
Feature ID:
980
Artefact No.:
1117
Artefact Type:
Metal container
Survey Date:
17 September 2014
Location:
Maori Pah
Period:
c.1915
Area Nationality:
ANZAC
Deployed By:
ANZAC
Length (cm):
34
Width (cm):
Preservation:
Associated Feature:
Material:
metal
Photographed:
Yes
Description:
Long metal rim made of wire with folded sheet metal, and a second smaller fragment. Dimensions: longer segment is 34.0cm long and curved; 0.4cm thick. Found in an area has many dugouts and many other artefacts (F979), alongside a large trench (Maori Pah gully or trench F981) leading up to the No.1 Outpost front line on the ridge above. Appears to have been an ANZAC back-of-line living area, possibly for the NZ Maori unit.

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