Most of these sites survive not as impressive ruins, but as the grassed-over remains of slumped earthworks formerly supporting timber structures. |
By his time only some of the earthworks, and the outer defence that was part of the city wall, survived. |
Great care was taken as the board envisaged disastrous results if the earthworks collapsed and released a wall of water upon New Plymouth. |
At the car park we took more notice of the surroundings which are astonishingly furrowed with mysterious earthworks. |
The busy prehistory is known rather than seen in the shadow remnants of dikes and earthworks. |
They are also reminiscent of ancient earthworks by Native American cultures, making each timeless regardless of their temporary nature. |