A timber blockhouse built in 1868 is a rare surviving example of a privately constructed redoubt from that era. John Cameron built the blockhouse for the protection and refuge of his family. The floor is of compacted earth, double-skinned tōtara walls were filled with clay to protect against bullets and the threat of fire, and the roof was corrugated iron. Designed to withstand about 24 hours siege, the blockhouse was sited to enable visual communication with two other blockhouses between this site and the York Stockade in Whanganui. Fortunately it was never attacked.
Please feel free to drive in and visit in the day light hours to the blockhouse building the history of the house is noted inside.
Nice quick roadside find, please place back as found.