Tung Lung Fort

Origin: a part of a maritime defence system to protect trade and fend off pirates

From 1719-1724

C:Attacked by the pirates Cheng Lien Chang and Cheng I, and more recently by Cheung Po Tsai

→Abandoned in 1810

35 m above the water with cliffs on three sides

• Rectangular, composed of 10 feet high rubble stone walls provided with an arch-shaped brick gate

• 15barracks and 8 cannons

• Commands the Fat Tong Mun Channel