旗後山古建物位置考

Inferring the Location of Old Buildingson the Saracen’s Hill

日治時期，座落於旗後山麓的部分建物被拆毀，以進行高雄港築港工程與高雄修船工場建造工程。由於史料沒有記錄這些古建物的確切地點，各方對這些建物的所在地點解讀不一。本文蒐集旗後山古建物的相關文獻史料、照片、地圖航照，應用文獻分析法、疊圖分析法考據清代和日治時期旗後山古建物的位置，並繪製成旗後山古道及古建物位置圖。研究發現，前人認定的旗後山燈房和慕德醫院之位置與建物照片都不正確，原因可能是史料記載不清楚，造成解讀不同與誤解。將古代地理環境繪成地圖再現，對文獻史料及圖片影像的解讀確有實質效益，有助於釐清古建物的位置。 Some of the old buildings on the foothill of Saracen’s Hill(Chi-hou Hill)were demolished in the Japanese Colonial Period, in sync with the rocky reefs removing works, as well as the Takow Factory building works for shipbuilding and ship repairs. The location of these buildings has for years the subject of much debate, with no recorded documents concerning the exact location of these buildings. Maps, literatures and pictures were collected for documentary analysis and overlay analysis in order to infer the location of these old buildings on the Saracen’s Hill in Qing Dynasty and the Japanese Colonial Period. A map was drawn to reproduce the geographical environment at the end of the 19th century. My study finds that the location and building image of David Manson Memorial Hospital and the Light house of Saracen’s Hill were totally wrong due to a total misreading of documents. Thus my map reproduction indeed benefits contributes to the comprehension of literatures and interpretation of pictures, as well as the inferring of the location of old buildings.

Some of the old buildings on the foothill of Saracen’s Hill(Chi-hou Hill)were demolished in the Japanese Colonial Period, in sync with the rocky reefs removing works, as well as the Takow Factory building works for shipbuilding and ship repairs. The location of these buildings has for years the subject of much debate, with no recorded documents concerning the exact location of these buildings. Maps, literatures and pictures were collected for documentary analysis and overlay analysis in order to infer the location of these old buildings on the Saracen’s Hill in Qing Dynasty and the Japanese Colonial Period. A map was drawn to reproduce the geographical environment at the end of the 19th century. My study finds that the location and building image of David Manson Memorial Hospital and the Light house of Saracen’s Hill were totally wrong due to a total misreading of documents. Thus my map reproduction indeed benefits contributes to the comprehension of literatures and interpretation of pictures, as well as the inferring of the location of old buildings.