Sitting alone in the vegetation and well visible from the road. I couldnt find any old buildings at the location online. Maybe somebody can shed some light?
Mount Austin (i.e. the massif within the loop of Lugard and Harlech roads) has a number, I would say four, of slightly lower peaks in the immediate vicinity of its summit. None of these subsiduary peaks have distinguishing names as far as I am aware, which can lead to confusion when attempting to identify or describe specific locations ontop of "The Peak".
This "place" marker is for the most south-easterly of these subsiduary peaks.
Named after:
George Digby Barker, a former military commander and acting administrator of Hong Kong between May and December 1891.
Details:
Barker Road is a street on Victoria Peak from the Old Peak Road to Peak Road. It has a length of about 1,7 km.
Timeline:
1897: work commenced (see comment)
1898: Barker Road opened (see below).
