View of the partially quarried McLennan Hills in 1958.

McLennan Hills (also Te Aponga o Tainui) is one of the volcanoes in the Auckland volcanic field. It was a group of cratered scoria mounds up to 45 m high, before it was quarried away. A 1940 aerial photo (in Searle's book) shows a crater around 100 m wide, one around 50 m wide, and 2 or 3 smaller craters. McLennan Hills, alongside neighbouring Ōtāhuhu / Mount Richmond, were the sites of fortified pā in pre-European times, important due to their location between the Waitematā Harbour/Tāmaki River and the Manukau Harbour.[1] Since the European settlement of Auckland, the scoria cone was quarried.[1] The former quarry site was used for greenhouses before being redeveloped for housing.

References

  • City of Volcanoes: A geology of Auckland - Searle, Ernest J.; revised by Mayhill, R.D.; Longman Paul, 1981. First published 1964. ISBN 0-582-71784-1.
  • Volcanoes of Auckland: A Field Guide. Hayward, B.W.; Auckland University Press, 2019, 335 pp. ISBN 0-582-71784-1.

References

  1. 1 2 Furey, Louise (1986). "THE EXCAVATION OF WESTFIELD (R11/898), SOUTH AUCKLAND". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 23: 1–24. ISSN 0067-0464.

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