Anzac Gallipoli Archaeology Database

Trench
Feature ID:
1018
Artefact No.:
Artefact Type:
Survey Date:
23 September 2014
Location:
Plugge's Plateau
Period:
c.1915
Area Nationality:
ANZAC
Deployed By:
Length (cm):
1380.6
Width (cm):
220
Preservation:
fair
Associated Feature:
1019
Material:
Photographed:
No
Description:
Trench. Medium width, fairly well-defined with steeply sloping sides. Covered with leaf litter. Vegetation is thick with rhododendrons and holly/oak. The soil here is a clayey silt with pebbles and river-worn stones. The floor of the trench is even in some palces but eroded or disturbed in others. Short section that joins trench F1019 in two places (two junctions). Ends in the north at the escarpment.

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