Pompallier Project in Hindsight – Public Talk

In the 1970s “Pompallier house” was considered a jewel in the crown of Northland. By the 1980s, serious damp issues were threatening the stability of the building. The Historic Places Trust contracted drain layers to remedy this, but when works commenced they found large holes and Victorian-period rubbish pits. The archaeologists were called in, over multiple seasons, to try and understand what went on where, and how did it affect the stability of the building.