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Mysterious marker stone 24 near Wanchai Gap [????- ]

Submitted by David on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 11:40

I saw this one yesterday, but have no idea what it's for.

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If you walk down Aberdeen Reservoir Road from Wan Chai Gap, it's up on the right, just where the Hong Kong Trail branches off from the road.

The left side of the stone has the text '<- 24' engraved, pointing along the Hong Kong trail. The other side has the text '242 ->', pointing along a muddy looking trail that leads off to the right. There are traces of red paint in the engravings.

Can anyone explain what it was for?

WWII bunkers in the Aberdeen Reservoir Area [????- ]

Submitted by tngan on Mon, 09/29/2008 - 11:32

The marker shown above is just an approximate location.  The reading on my GPS logger for this location is Lat: 22.258278N Long: 114.168346E  If only we could input Longitude/Latitude information there.........   This bunker is very close to a Pillbox.  There is a concrete slap across the the Lady Clementi's Ride, which I think is for the land line for communication.

The concrete slap across the path: