Anzac Gallipoli Archaeology Database

Trench
Feature ID: 1019 Artefact No.: Artefact Type: Survey Date: 23 September 2014 Location: Plugge's Plateau Period: c.1915 Area Nationality: ANZAC Deployed By: Length (cm): 19553.9 Width (cm): 220 Preservation: good Associated Feature: 1018, 1020, 1021, 1031, 1032 Material: Photographed: Yes
Description: Trench. Curves around the edge of the escarpment to the W then the SE. Thick vegetation with thick leaf litter covering the base of the trench. Looks over the coast to the E and a gully to towards the beach. Soil here is the same as for trench F1018. Steeply sloping sides in places. There are two junctions to trench F1018. There were probably strategic positions at each corner. Trench F1019 continues to the left (NE) and there is another junction to a new trench to the south ( a T-junction). The trench has a flat floor at the junction with steeply sloping sides - almost U-shaped. Soil clayey silt, brown, with some pebbles and rounded stones. Several rhododendrons have blackened root balls. The trench curves around and is fairly well-defined and well-preserved. The trench is interrupted by the modern walking path. There are several junctions to the left and right. Further uphill there is another cross junction. Trench becomes shallower and more eroded. The ground becomes more stoney and the vegetation is low and scrubby.Trench continues uphill on higher ground to the east. There is another T-junction with trench F1021 (leads north). Another T-junction then the trench ends in another junction - F1032 leads south, and F1021 leads north. This area was originally held by the Turkish forces, but the earthworks were dug by the Anzacs.

Trench

Feature ID:: 1019
Artefact No.:
Artefact Type:
Survey Date:: 23 September 2014
Location:: Plugge's Plateau
Period:: c.1915
Area Nationality:: ANZAC
Deployed By:
Length (cm):: 19553.9
Width (cm):: 220
Preservation:: good
Associated Feature:: 1018, 1020, 1021, 1031, 1032
Material:
Photographed:: Yes

Description:: Trench. Curves around the edge of the escarpment to the W then the SE. Thick vegetation with thick leaf litter covering the base of the trench. Looks over the coast to the E and a gully to towards the beach. Soil here is the same as for trench F1018. Steeply sloping sides in places. There are two junctions to trench F1018. There were probably strategic positions at each corner. Trench F1019 continues to the left (NE) and there is another junction to a new trench to the south ( a T-junction). The trench has a flat floor at the junction with steeply sloping sides - almost U-shaped. Soil clayey silt, brown, with some pebbles and rounded stones. Several rhododendrons have blackened root balls. The trench curves around and is fairly well-defined and well-preserved. The trench is interrupted by the modern walking path. There are several junctions to the left and right. Further uphill there is another cross junction. Trench becomes shallower and more eroded. The ground becomes more stoney and the vegetation is low and scrubby.Trench continues uphill on higher ground to the east. There is another T-junction with trench F1021 (leads north). Another T-junction then the trench ends in another junction - F1032 leads south, and F1021 leads north. This area was originally held by the Turkish forces, but the earthworks were dug by the Anzacs.

Photographs are the work of Antonio Sagona.