The Negeri Sembilan journey continued : A look at the fort of Lukut...

Breaking from the current session of remembering the college A Level days... Almost 2 months ago I made a trip round Negeri Sembilan visiting some historical sites along the way . There were many more sites I intended to visit around the state but time does not permit it then.

I finally managed to complete the round with a fresh foray into Negeri Sembilan 2 weeks ago. So let's start telling the story... You could say this continues from where the last trip was cut-off as potrayed in the article Journey to Negeri Sembilan... A night visit to the tomb of Raja Melewar before the journey is closed made June 7th. Here goes! :]

The previous Negeri Sembilan trip was started from Ampang, Selangor through Hulu Langat then entering Negeri Sembilan through the district of Jelebu on to the town of Kuala Klawang then to Seremban followed by Astana or Kampung Penajis in Rembau. On the other hand, this trip was started from Kajang, Selangor before we enter Negeri Sembilan through south of Sepang to get to Lukut our first destination for the day!

For here lies a royal mausoleum containing the tomb of a certain personality by the name Raja Jumaat. Have a look at the article Makam (tomb of) Raja Jumaat, Lukut, Negeri Sembilan in the blogspot SENI LAMA MELAYU (MALAY OLDEN ART) ...

Then we head some 3km out of the town of Lukut to get to this juncture...
On the left lies the entry to the Lukut museum...
Inside it's compound then only we realise that our next main destination, the remains of the historical fort of Lukut lies on top this hill while the museum is on the slopes, to the right of this picture... Have a look at the posting Melihat sejarah di Muzium Lukut (Looking at history at the Lukut museum)! in SENI LAMA MELAYU (MALAY OLDEN ART)

Then we climbed up the hill...

This monument says the fort of Lukut was built by Raja Jumaat, a Bugis Riau royalty in 1847. Then Lukut was known for its abundant tin ore and the fort was built as the command centre to control the on-goings around especialy tin mining and the bustling trade...

The view for on top of the hill just outside the remains of the fort...

Upon entering its perimeters, the first thing I noticed was this old rubber tree!

Here are some views of the remains of the fort of Lukut. I'm sorry I'm running out of time... I have to be home by 11 and it's already 10.40 when I wrote this sentence at an Interent Cafe. Cheers! :]