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Sacred Hill (Castle Peak) Beacon 聖山墩臺 [????- ]

The marker is marked based on the GPS coordinates of the Trigoman's Castle Peak 517m Trigo Station.  If there are errors they are entirely mine.   Thanks should be made to JW and his gang for the location and theory of this site, together with the Shek Lung Kung site.

The location is documented in 新安縣誌﹐ and some other documents.  The discussions of JW and his gang concerning this Beacon and others could be located here.   The discussions are generally in Chinese.

Tuen Mun Ferry Pier [????- ]

Perowne Barracks [1963- ]

Date Place completed: 
1963-02-26

The place mark is an approximation of the entrance, based on the Wiki entry, saying Perowne Barracks was on the other side of Castle Peak Road, opposite Gordon Hard.  It's present day location is occupied by the Immigration Training Acadamy as well as the construction site of the Chu Hai Collage, a football field up in the hill, and some re-developments there.

Previous place(s) at this location: 

GORDON HARD-November 2012

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2012
Places shown in this photo: 

The buildings haven't changed and the swimming pool still hides behind the low brick wall. Military landing craft used the ramp in the 1980s, presumably to unload stores for the local camps

GORDON HARD-2012

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2012
Places shown in this photo: 

As 'T' says the site hasn't changed much. I can still recognise the spot where we kept a friend's speedboat on the site in the 1970s.

Gordon Hard [????- ]

Folks,

Walked from Gold Coast Beach through Castle Peak Beach earlier today and found the buildings of Gordon Hard more or less intact, right on Old Cafeteria Beach.

There is a ramp going down to the beach.  Two giant cast iron rings are found on each side of the ramp, like those on Mount Davis.  Maybe the military used those the haul heavy equipment to and from the water back then?

Best Regards,

T

Cannons at Kadoorie Pier-November 2012

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2012

A fifth cannon is over towards the boatshed sitting on top of the large rock

Cannon at Kadoorie Pier-November 2012

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2012

A fourth cannon near the pier on the rock at the left

Cannon at Kadoorie Pier-November 2012

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2012

Seen from Kadoorie Pier are much smaller cannons

Cannons at Kadoorie Beach-November 2012

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2012

Two large cannons at Kadoorie Beach sea side of the Kadoorie compound at Boulder Lodge

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