With steps starting from Shui Sha Rd, visitors have to register at the gate.
The steps are at the SE of the peak, there's a dirt path on the SW which ends up at the lower part of the steps mentioned before.
This fort is located on the southeast slope of Mau Wu Shan. This existed before the British colonization of this area in 1898, and is believed to be a Qing Dynasty era fort that provided protection against pirates heading into Junk Bay. It is a Grade 1 Heritage Structure.
According to a survey of Pottinger's Battery, a set of ruins found here were determined to be part of a Qing Dynasty Customs post. This had a view of Tung Lung Island, which another imperial fort was located at. This is probably related to the interception of pirate ships sailing into Junk Bay.
The beacon located on the peak near Ping Fung Shan. Even though it's quite far from Tai Po Tau, but according to the beacon scale and shape, there have chance as that one.
Old Chinese Fort taken over and named Fort Victoria by British Soldiers
When Pottinger returned to Hong Kong on 15th October 1841 he was displeased with Alexander Robert Johnson, the first administrator of Hong Kong for, amongst other things:
he failed to carry out instructions to demolish a small British fort, Victoria fort, on the Kowloon peninsula, whose evacuation had been agreed on.
From: A Biographical Sketch-book of Early Hong Kong by B.G. Endacott p56
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.
Hi there,
The location is a pure speculation based on the descriptions of the list of Beacons in the Peng Cheng Museum 鵬城博物館. Would gladly be corrected by knowledgeable persons already been there. This possible location is marked based on the description saying it is around 1.5 km from Da Peng Walled City. It also mentioned it is one of the better preserved beacons.
The location is a pure speculation based on the descriptions of the list of Beacons in the Peng Cheng Museum 鵬城博物館. Would gladly be corrected by knowledgeable persons already been there. I believe the location is possible because from Google Earth there appeared to be traces of a very wide path laid by big rocks right at a spur around 250m, overlooking Mirs Bay, just as what's been described by the Peng Cheng Museum. It also mentioned the said beacon was in retangular shape, built by stones.
Location is approximate. Will update the market if I have the chance for a site visit. Google Earth showed a clear path upon its NE ridge. As for the time being there are some photos and information in Chinese in Hong Kong Hiking Web, provided by JW and other fellow hikers.