Chicken Wing Point Battery Traditional Cache
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Chicken Wing Point Battery
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Fan Lau Fort (Fan Lau means division of flows),
also known as Jiyijiao Fort (Chicken Wing Point Battery), Shi Sun (Stone Pillar) Fort, as well as Da Yu Shan (Lantau) Fort.
Info from Antiquities and Monuments Office (visit link)
More info can found on information board beside the fort
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Fan Lau Fort is located at the south-western tip of Lantau, overlooking a sea passage leading into the Pearl River Estuary. According to the Macau Gazetteer, the fort can be dated reliably to the 7th year of Yongzheng (1729), when it was recorded that two forts were constructed on Lantau. Fan Lau Fort was apparently one of them. Rectangular in shape, the fort measures 46m by 21m and its walls are built of semi-dressed stone and green bricks. It was believed that the fort was once occupied by pirates. However, after the surrender of pirates to the Qing government in 1810, the fort would have been retaken by government troops. It was probably abandoned around 1898 after the lease of the New Territories to Britain.
Initial restoration work was undertaken in early 1985. This was followed by a large scale restoration and repair project in 1990 which also provided for the clearance of the surrounding area.
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The container is a small round Lock n Lock. Please bring your own pen.
Cache Zone is quite ‘open’, please aware muggles.
P.S.
In case you could like to hike/walk from Shek Pik, via Fan Lau to Tai O (or reverse). Please note that usually take 4-6 hours, and please bring enough supply (drinks, snacks, as well as lunch pack (if needed)), even there is a small store in Fan Lau Village offer soft drinks, but I’m not sure its business hour, so please consider it is a bonus in case it is open., but not rely on.
Also, part of the path between Fan Lau & Tai O is quite natural.
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