Anzac Gallipoli Archaeology Database

Trench
Feature ID:
1007
Artefact No.:
Artefact Type:
Survey Date:
20 September 2014
Location:
Ari Burnu
Period:
c.1915
Area Nationality:
Turkish & ANZAC
Deployed By:
Length (cm):
1534.3
Width (cm):
220
Preservation:
fair
Associated Feature:
1007, 1008, 1011
Material:
Photographed:
No
Description:

Trench. A linear depression of medium-shallow depth. Overgrown with grass and shrubs and holly in some places. Rounded cross-section with an even, flattish floor. This may have been the first Turkish trench encountered by the Anzac troops on the 25th April landing. There is an eroded depression to the ast that may have been a position or dugout and a scatter of artefacts was documented here (F1008). They are food tins, bottle glass, metal fragments and indicate that Anzac troops occupied this feature.

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