Vallum concrete top full#

Thus indicating that the port side of the junk`s ballast is exposed. A magnetic anomaly survey at the foot of the cliff, indicated that a section of hull protruded under the beach for 0.75 m over a 30m length to the right ie parallel to the cliff.

Vallum concrete top full#

Looking at the cliff face, an arc of concrete slabs can be seen rising out of the beach (from the right, to the left) at an angle of roughly 45degrees for the full height of the cliff c 15m. Plus the remains of several Moeraki Balls c one metre diameter. THE SITE IS SOUTH OF THE MOERAKI BALLS RESTAURANT.Īt this point over roughly 175m, the beach is covered with small water washed stones, originally used as temporary ballast for a junk. JUNK WRECKS, MOERAKI BEACH, SOUTH ISLAND. Research (Gavin Menzies 1421), has shown that these junks, part of a huge Chinese fleet, were driven ashore in c 1421AD. It is interesting to note that the position of the Moeraki Balls, overlay sites of wrecked large Chinese Junks, both at Moeraki Beach and Katiki Beach (10k south of Moeraki), near Shag Point. The boulders comprise an inner core of segmented rock, of fairly uniform size and origin, all wrapped in a concrete coating. In both cases, recent surveys by the author cast doubt on the official explanations. There are as many explanations as to the origin of these 1.5m diameter boulders, as there are for the “Vallum” on Hadrian`s Wall in Britain. Moment of impact – the destruction of Zhou Man’s Fleetīetween Dunedin and Oamaru is one of New Zealand`s best known tourist attractions, “The Moeraki Boulders”.