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BP2 Shing Mun reservoir

BP2 Shing Mun reservoir
Submitted by simonho
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Simon
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war department boundary stone
BP marker stone

This stone was found in shing mun area which near the PB402 The number marked in the stone is BP2

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Boundary stones
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Submitted by David on Thu, 2020-03-19 14:44.

Hi Simon,

On the close-up it looks like BP instead of PB?

Thanks for sharing the photos. I haven't seen this type of marker before, so I wonder what they were used for?

Regards, David

Submitted by simonho on Thu, 2020-03-19 21:02.

Hi David, 

Thanks for your remind, you are right, the word showed in the stone is BP2 instead of PB2.

Actually, I also do not know the BP stand for?  
I found five BP stone in Hong Kong at this moment:

BP2 @ Shing Mun
BP11 @ Kowloon Byewash Reservoir 
BP12 @ Lok Ma Chau
BP19 @ Razor Hill
BP21(R) @Tai Po

Submitted by H Lo on Fri, 2020-03-20 09:18.

I have also put the same question for the BP33 marker post I came across at a hill near Chun Shek Estate last week. We were looking for PB300 at without success. Yet we found that near the peak before coming up to the boulder cluster of which the name of the housing estate comes from.

Submitted by H Lo on Fri, 2020-03-20 09:23.

Is there a map including all BP markers found?

Submitted by tngan on Fri, 2020-03-20 11:20.

Hi There,

According to Acronym Finder, BP could be Boundary Post.  Don't know if it makes sense in the findings so far.  If so, what kind of boundary is it?

T

Submitted by David on Fri, 2020-03-20 15:48.

There's no map so far, but it's easy to make one. Please create a Place page (https://gwulo.com/node/add/place) for each BP stone you know of, and give them the same tag, eg:

BP marker stone

Then we can see them all on a map, which can help show what connects them.

Submitted by tngan on Fri, 2020-03-20 18:22.

Hi There,

I wonder what is that metal frame behind the marker.  Are they related?  Are all other BP markers having something similar near them?

T

Submitted by tkjho on Sat, 2020-03-21 00:23.

It looks more like 8P 2 than BP2 to me.

8P 2.JPG
8P 2.JPG, by tkjho

Submitted by simonho on Sat, 2020-03-21 11:15.

Dear H Lo

Happy to know you found the BP33 marker post. May I know the more specific location of the post? Do you have any photos of the post?

Thanks

Submitted by simonho on Sat, 2020-03-21 11:19.

I want to know too

Submitted by simonho on Sat, 2020-03-21 11:23.

Dear tngan

Thank for your information! I think most of these types of the post with a function of land survey

Submitted by simonho on Sat, 2020-03-21 11:35.

Ha Ha...This is BP2, not 8P2

Submitted by David on Sat, 2020-03-21 12:09.

See https://gwulo.com/node/48711

Submitted by simonho on Sat, 2020-03-21 14:42.

Someone saying that they found the BP stones in Fanling and Bride's Pool. Did anyone know the location of those stones?

Submitted by H Lo on Sat, 2020-03-21 23:50.

It's on the hill behind Che Kung Temple near the namesake MTR station.

I have already posted the photo in another post earlier on.