Na Tcha Temple and Old City Walls

Directly beside the Ruins of St Paul's stands a very small temple of 1888 dedicated to Na Tcha, a child deity, built after an outbreak of plague, and behind it runs a surviving stretch of the old city wall built of chunambo, a rammed mixture of clay, sand, straw and crushed shell. The juxtaposition of a Chinese folk temple against the wall below a Jesuit church facade is why both are listed within the historic centre.

What you actually see

• The small temple - the 1888 shrine to Na Tcha raised after a plague outbreak.
• The chunambo wall - rammed clay, sand, straw and shell in a surviving wall section.
• The juxtaposition - a folk temple set directly against the wall below the Jesuit facade.
• The position - immediately beside the Ruins of St Paul's.

When to go

October to December is dry and cool. The site is open through the day. The crowds at St Paul's spill around it constantly.

Honest expectations

The temple is tiny and ten minutes covers it. The area is packed with visitors to St Paul's next door. There is little interpretation of the wall.

Nearby

The Ruins of St Paul's are beside it, and Mount Fortress is east.