Tung Chung Battery | |
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Native name 東涌小炮台 (Chinese) | |
Location | Lantau Island, Hong Kong |
Built | 1817 |
Designated | 11 November 1983 |
Reference no. | 22 |
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Traditional Chinese | 東涌小炮台 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 东涌小炮台 | ||||||||||||
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Tung Chung Battery is a former artillery battery located on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Named after the eponymous district it is situated in, it was built in 1817, twenty-four years before the British took possession of Hong Kong. It was rediscovered in 1980 and is a declared monument of Hong Kong.