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Manawatu-Whanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui

Raetihi sawmill plateau town

Old dump ground Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Nails and fittingsNails and fittings

Also reported: enamelware, saw parts.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Timber town linked by tramways to dozens of mills, largely rebuilt after the 1918 bush fire; mill sites and town tips dot the plateau fringe.

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