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Stone circles (Hong Kong)

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during the construction of a house. According to a research paper by David Devenish, the stone circle is about 9 feet in diameter, consisting of 9 or 10 stones which had been buried under a mound.
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in 1956. Twenty eight large stones, lying buried in the earth on a slope 100 metres (330 ft) above sea level, form two overlapping stones circles.
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This stone circle was investigated by the Hong Kong University Archaeological Team in 1959, 1963 and 1982 respectively.
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Lo Ah Tsai Stone Circle was discovered in the northern part of
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Sally Rodwell. 1991. A Visitor's Guide to Historic Hong Kong.
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Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Jyutping

Hong Kong
Neolithic
Bronze Age
Lamma Island
New Territories
Fan Lau Stone Circle
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Fan Lau
Lantau Island
22°11′52″N 113°50′53″E / 22.197733°N 113.848014°E / 22.197733; 113.848014
Declared monument in Hong Kong
megalithic
Neolithic
Stone Age
Bronze Age
Tai Po Kau
Prehistoric Hong Kong


Stone Circle (Fan Lau, Lantau Island)

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