Written by Chris Dunbar
Revisited Luanze and gained permission to do some clean up/restoration on the site.
I worked with one local African with an axe and a grass cutter it took us the whole day to clear the church site, we cut the grass and cut the trees then killed the stumps.
In the Earthwork 2 around the remains of the three Portuguese houses we cut the grass and removed the trees, we tried to remove the ant mounds and lift some of the fallen stone markers but time was now running short.


The fact that two of us cleared and cleaned these two small areas probably means that the site will remain visible for a number of extra years.
Earthwork 1 the larger of the two I was not able to do anything with, I did walk over to visit it but as Earthwork 2 has more tangible visual remains decided to spend my time attempting to preserve those remains.



The marker stones from where the Portuguese built their houses, daga / mud with pole imprints is still scattered on the ground. Luanze, Zimbabwe
Photo of the Eastern Bastion on Earthwork 2. Luanze, Zimbabwe
Photo of the Eastern Entrance on Earthwork 2. Luanze, Zimbabwe
The site of the Church after we cleared the trees and grass. Daga / mud with pole imprints was very visible. Luanze, Zimbabwe
Ceramics Blue on White that we found while clearing the site around the Portuguese houses. Luanze, Zimbabwe
Beads that were collected while we did the clean up and from what the children brought us while we did the clean up. Luanze, Zimbabwe
Marker stones from Portuguese houses. Luanze, Zimbabwe

Archaeological drawings for Luanze settlement (click on the map to enlarge)