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Name Completed Closed / Demolished
Beacon (Shui Tau) 水頭煙墩
Beacon - Beacon Hill - Kowloon Beacon
Beacon - Dameisha 大梅沙墩臺 or Yantian 鹽田墩臺﹐ Shenzhen
Beacon - Dawan (大灣墩臺) Possible location
Beacon - Defu (疊福墩臺) possible location
Beacon - Ma Jerk Leng (麻雀嶺墩臺) Wo Keng Shan summit (禾徑山)
Beacon - Nan Shan, Shenzhen
Beacon - North Fat Tong (北佛堂墩臺) Tin Ha Shan (田下山)
Beacon - Tai Po Tau 大步頭墩台 (according to 新安縣誌), early Qing.
Beacon - Tai Po Tau 大步頭墩臺
Beacon - Wong Chuk Kok (temporary marker)
Chiwan Battery (left) 赤灣左砲臺, Shenzhen 1717
Chiwan Battery (right) 赤灣右砲臺, Shenzhen 1717 1982
Da Peng Walled City, Shenzhen 1394
Fan Lau Fort 1729
Fort Victoria 1861
Imperial Chinese military site at Tuen Mun
Kowloon Battery (approximate location) 1811
Kowloon Walled City (Pre-WW2) 1847 1943
Kwun Chung Fort 1839, Kowloon - Suggested location
Mau Wu Shan Fort
Nan Tao Walled City, Shenzhen 1573
Qing Dynasty Customs Post
Sacred Hill (Castle Peak) Beacon 聖山墩臺
Shek Lung Kun Beacon (石攏拱墩臺) - Undocumented
Tung Chung Battery 1817
Tung Chung Fort 1832
Tung Lung Chau Fort 1724

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