Japanese military ruins on Violet Hill [1942- ]

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Ruin
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(Day is approximate.)

 

In October, I was bushwhacking up Violet Hill and its surrounding areas. To my shock, I found many stone ruins, two silted up tunnels and many earth cuttings and foxholes in the  surrounding region 

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picture of one of the stone walls
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access trench leading to a silted up tunnel
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one of the many foxholes at the site
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Poking around on hkmaps, I found several interesting clues for anyone who is heading in that direction. The 1934 aerial survey shows nothing in the area, while the 1949 survey shows definite structures. The red relief map shows the depressions left by the structures as well as what looks like 4 tunnel portals. Bring a shovel? 

Aerial survey from 1934 of Violet Hill Valley showing no structures, by HighlandPaddyHK
Aerial photo of Violet Hill Valley from 1949 showing possible Japanese military ruins, by HighlandPaddyHK
Red relief map of Violet Hill valley showing possible tunnel portals, by HighlandPaddyHK

Hello!

Yeah, actually I can provide a bit more detail on it. I have explored all  the tunnels in the valley ( north of the trail). Two of the tunnel portals have been buried, and are not accessible, but the entrance cuttings still exist. I tried to explore the tunnel system on the south of the trail ( on the map), but I accessed it at a point, where the slope was very steep, and in my honest opinion, I feel that it is likely that the tunnel portal  is also silted up.

 

I introduced my friend to this site, and he did find a large number of metal. A lot of it is in fragment form, but there was a lot of what appeared to be shrapnel. The items that were at least a bit identifable, was a long iron nail/ spike, and a fragment from a Japanese Type 88 artillery fuze.

 

Btw, do you have a gmail address, which I can contact, for more details about this?