Anzac Gallipoli Archaeology Database

Trench
Feature ID:
1020
Artefact No.:
Artefact Type:
Survey Date:
23 September 2014
Location:
Plugge's Plateau
Period:
c.1915
Area Nationality:
ANZAC
Deployed By:
Length (cm):
659.2
Width (cm):
220
Preservation:
good
Associated Feature:
1018, 1019
Material:
Photographed:
Yes
Description:
Trench extends to the SW from a T-junction with F1019. Trench is deep, medium width, V-shaped and well-defined. Eroded out to the south on the steep slope into the gully. The trench has thick holly bushes. The soil here is a clayey silt with pebbles and river-worn stones. This trench appears to have been a communication trench leading into valley.

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Photographs are the work of Antonio Sagona.