Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand
Kettle Park and Ocean Beach eroding historic dump
Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: trade waste, metal, bricks, with asbestos and industrial waste in the same layers.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Early-1900s city rubbish dump under Kettle Park, capped in the 1940s; the sea cut into its toe in 2007 and after every big southerly.
Otago Daily Times (Chris Morris, 2019): historic dump under Kettle Park either side of Moana Rua Rd, capped 1940s, toe exposed by erosion in 2007, trade waste and household rubbish found, 27 closed Otago landfills at erosion riskView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
AsbestosArsenic and industrial chemicals confirmed in the Middle Beach dunes, unstable dune face, heavy surf
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