Old Marulan Town, Heritage site in Marulan, Australia
Old Marulan Town is an archaeological site with building remains and artifacts from a 19th-century settlement that served travelers on the main southern route. The area contains layers from different periods between 1835 and 1867 that have remained undisturbed beneath the surface.
The town was founded in 1835 and served as an important stopping point for people traveling south until railway development in the 1860s caused settlement to shift elsewhere. This relocation meant the original site was abandoned and a new town grew in a different location.
The remains show how early settlers lived and worked here, from house foundations to everyday objects buried in the soil. You can see how this small town was organized and what routines people followed.
The site is best explored on foot so you can see the foundations and remains spread across the ground. It helps to take time walking slowly through different areas to notice the details scattered throughout the site.
The site sits directly on the 150th line of eastern longitude, an invisible line running across the earth. At this special spot, the sun rises and sets at exactly 6 o'clock during the equinox.
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