PIKES HOMESTEAD

420 HARVEST HOME ROAD WOLLERT, WHITTLESEA CITY

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    PIKES HOMESTEAD - History

    HOMESTEAD OF JOHN PIKE.

    Interpretation of Site

    PIKES HOMESTEAD - Interpretation of Site

    THE SITE CONTRIBUTES VALUABLE INFORMATION TO THE LOCAL HISTORY OF EPPING AND ILLUSTRATES THE PATTERN OF SMALL-SCALE DAIRYING FROM THE MID-LATE 19TH CENTURY.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    PIKES HOMESTEAD - Heritage Inventory Description

    A bluestone depression with small boulders surrounding and within it. A scatter of hand-made bricks and a L-shaped cobble area; lines of buried squared bluestone. Artefacts such as iron, bricks, metal sheet and timber.

    COBBLED AREA LAID WITH LARGE FLAT SECTIONS OF BASALT 7 METRES X 1.5 METRES IN BOTH SECTIONS. REMAINS OF BLUESTONE FOOTINGS.

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