What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Signal Tower. Built as a windmill in 1686. Fortified during Napoleonic Wars to a signal towers.
Signal Tower was originally constructed as a windmill in 1686 and later fortified during the Napoleonic Wars to serve as a crucial communication point for military signals.
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