From the Maitland Mercury report:
Another sandstone wall linked to convict chain gangs on historic Pitnacree Road at East Maitland has been uncovered, after being buried in layers of earth for decades.
But most of the nine rows of heavy, hand-quarried sandstone blocks will have been removed by this morning.
The Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) painstakingly dug out the wall on Thursday and Friday, using shovels and brooms to sweep years of dirt away from the structure to ensure it was undamaged.
An RTA spokesman said most of it would then be dismantled, and the sandstone blocks given to Maitland City Council.
Full article by Briony Snedden available Maitland Mercury 17/08/2009.
