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籮箕灣 Lo Kei Wan Building [1922-????]

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Submitted by CGuarde on Sun, 2019-01-06 19:17
Current condition: 
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place completed: 
1922-01-01

Hi Guys!

I`m looking for any info on what type of building that little spot on area 42 at Lo Kei Wan, Lantau Island, could have been. It seems at least two of the three spots on area 32 still survive, and the modern camping area stands there now.

I`m looking for the exact location of a place called Pa Wan Au 耙灣坳 near Shui Hau, where there is/was supposed to be a game board rock carving (棋盤石刻), and I believe this info may be helpful.

Thanks!

 

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LKW42.jpg, by CGuarde
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Submitted by philk on Mon, 2019-01-07 01:11.

Solomon Bard mentions two carvings near Shek Pik in his "In Search of the Past" book? Could it be one of these? There are two sets known as Shek Pik (located  near the base of the reservoir dam) and Upper Shek Pik (shaped like two game boards) on a small boulder above the reservoir. It sounds like that latter one might be it, but sadly there is no detail info about where exactly it is. I'm not sure they coincide with Lo Kei Wan though.

I believe William Meacham has written a few books on the various prehistoric carvings in HK, it may be worth trying to get hold of them? I don't have copies so can't say for certain if they have the info you are after.

Submitted by CGuarde on Mon, 2019-01-07 01:55.

Thanks for your answer! No, they are different "game board" carvings. The one in Shek Pik you mention is about 700-800 meters down the slope from Wisdom Path and appears in Bard's and William's books and articles. The one I'm looking for appears mentioned in an old newspaper from 1997 and it is the only source I have seen so far: located near Pa Wan Au in Shui Hau. Additionaly, it is supposed to be another one in the east slope of Nei Lak Shan, also in Lantau.

Submitted by tngan on Mon, 2019-01-07 09:35.

Hi There,

From topographical maps of the area 耙灣坳 (Pa Wan Au) would likely be one of the passs between Shek Mun Shan and Luk Keng Shan in the Shui Hau Peninsula.  There is a narrow road (likely restricted) going through one of them.   I could not recall the name 耙灣坳, nor could I recall the mentioned rock formation.

If you Google 耙灣坳 +棋盤石, you should be able to find some old record of local hiking group organizing an outing in the area also looking for the rock.  Other than that, no photos though.  The records are more than a decade old.

That section of the Lantau Trail is an easy one.  Lots of butterflies and sections of the path between Lo Kei Wan and Shek Pik has bamboo on both sides, sort of like walking through a tunnel.  Don't know if those got wracked by various typhoons in the recent past.

T

Submitted by CGuarde on Mon, 2019-01-07 19:59.

Thanks for your interesting insights. I also think 耙灣坳 (Pa Wan Au) may be located there. In the past they had irrigation fields and it seems they use Pa 耙 for the action of picking up shellfish down in the Shui Hau beach. At the end the best option may be to ask some old people in the village!

Submitted by tngan on Mon, 2019-01-07 22:09.

Hi There,

Some Google staff had hiked a great percentage of the Lantau Trial (Actually, most local known hiking trails) in intervals in the past few years and you may see some of them using Street View.   It is a few years old in some places.

As shown in the link, the 'road' is just a one lane very narrow road good for 4X4s.

T