So this photo below shows you the remains of what I call Hut 1. I found this hut deteriorating under the blackberry thicket, completely forgotten as the entire settlement was, in 2009. I knew the hut was there as all us kids did who roamed the hills during the holidays. I have fond memories of running barefoot across the soft periwinkle carpet to the doorway. The corrugated iron roof was still there on a wooden frame, although 1 sheet in the SE corner was gone. Behind the hut stretches the remains of a substantial garden wall, featuring and unusual entranceway. This entranceway I have established the exact potion of using archive photos, and is a compelling reason for this whole area of the settlement to be rebuilt, restored, and be given a new life.
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Jan MorrisonProject Manager of an archeological dig of a 1800s European mining settlement near Arrowtown, Central Otago. Archives
April 2021
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