Ceremonial sites are rare, but two large stone arrangements have been found at Wurdi Youang near Mount Rothwell and Carisbrook.
The last international game was expected to be the All Blacks versus South Africa Tri Nations match on 12 July 2008.
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It is also the former home of Otago cricket, which moved to the University Oval at Logan Park in the north of the city after the redevelopment in the early 2000s, and also of Otago United Football team in the New Zealand Football Championship, which moved to the lower-capacity Sunnyvale Park for the 2008–09 season.
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Carisbrook was named after the estate of early colonial settler James Macandrew (itself named after a castle on the Isle of Wight).
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Located at the foot of The Glen, a steep valley, the ground is flanked by the South Island Main Trunk Railway and the Hillside Railway Workshops, two miles southwest of Dunedin city centre in the suburb of Caversham.
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On 9 August 2006, a proposal was announced that would see Carisbrook retired and a 30,000 capacity covered stadium built in Dunedin North, close to other major sporting facilities such as Logan Park and the University Oval.
The Maryborough Harness Racing Club conducts regular meetings at its racetrack, which is in fact located near Carisbrook.
One of the ends of the nearby Carisbrook sports ground is known as "The Hillside End" or "The Workshops End" due to the presence of the stadium's larger neighbour.
In 1979/80, at the dramatic conclusion to the First Test against Clive Lloyd's West Indians at Carisbrook, Dunedin, Troup was joined at the crease by Stephen Boock with New Zealand 9/100 and needing four more runs to win this historic match.
Maryborough Harness Racing Club conducts regular meetings at its racetrack located at nearby Carisbrook.
In the next fifty years even the state school, general store and the last post office were closed with locals having to travel twelve kilometers (7.5 miles) to Carisbrook or sixteen (10 miles) to Newstead for their needs.