Pillbox?? [????-????] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Pillbox?? [????-????]

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Submitted by Tommy on Fri, 2020-09-11 07:52
Current condition: 
Demolished / No longer exists
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Submitted by tngan on Mon, 2020-09-21 12:29.

Hi There,

Went there earlier.  The slope is very muh overgrown, however they are all reinforced retention wall under Tai Po Road.  Unable to find any clues that would have shown there was a Pillbox there.  Based on how thick the tree trunks are, they likely were planged after Tai Po Road was widened to its current 3 lanes up\2 lanes down configuraiton (I could not recall when though).

The retension wall was exceptionally steep in places.  The garden has a few setting area, and two basketball courts on the Tai Po Road side with entraces on both Tai Po Road and Tung Sha To (Pratas) Street (the one leading to Li Cheng Uk Swimming Pool).  There is an extension of the garden further down the road but the two sections of the gardens are not linked up.

Is there any stategically warranted to have a pill box in that location? Pre WWII?   I am no expert.  I would have to say it is inconclusive.

T