Point Halswell Battery

Maps and Plans

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Description: Northern Miramar military sites, 1886. Note the two guns marked down at Point Halswell

Reference: Military Reserves Watts Peninsular [Peninsula], Wellington, certified plan of Military Reserves, proclamation taking land for defence [ABZK 24411 PWD 13746 (R25274334)] Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kawanatanga

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Description: Topographical plan of Point Halswell, 1926

Reference: Point Halswell and Massey Memorial - Topographical, gun pits - various scales - Tracing, G J  Martin [4 sheets] [AAFV G463  (R22823614)] Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kawanatanga

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Description: Layout plan of Point Halswell Battery upper level

Reference: None, from personal collection

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Description: Layout plan of Point Halswell Battery lower level

Reference: None, from personal collection

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Key to underground features:

1 The gun emplacement

2 The cartridge lift

3 The shell lift

4 An access shaft (minus ladder)

5 An access shaft (with ladder)

6 The entrance to the tunnels

7 Shell Store

8 Cartridge store

9 The Lamp Passage