Bombay obelisks

</noinclude>The Bombay obelisks are a group of three obelisks standing on a ridge overlooking New Zealand State Highway 1 near Pukekohe in Auckland, New Zealand. There are three visible obelisks, one lying on its side with another standing erect, and a final thrid obelisk leaning against it. It is also known as the Bombay henge or the Bombay standing stones in reference to its being in the Bombay Hills.
The standing stones were first brought to attention by a visiting British Antiquarian in 2001 who noticed ancient spiral incising and five hand-hewn bullauns cut into them. Bullauns are Neolithic ceremonial ‘holy wells,’ used for ritualistic cleansing found in rock structures throughout ancient Europe. There is also, at the bottom of one of the obelisks, a hand-carved, bas relief incising..
There are several other standing stones scattered around New Zealand but only on their own or in pairs, never more than two.
The Bombay stones were uncovered in 1992 when engineers dug to build the Southern Motorway extension. They were repositioned on farmland close to their original site, while several others were buried nearby. The stones were thought to have been knocked over many hundreds of years ago when Toupo erupted causing a red light to be seen as far away as china.this would make them over 1800 years old.
as well as this a European skull dating to before Maori was found near here recently.

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