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Water Tower at Stowlangtoft, Suffolk

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Water Tower at Stowlangtoft, Suffolk
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Water Tower at Stowlangtoft, Suffolk is a castle, fort or tower in Mid Suffolk, England. Perhaps it stood as a quiet watchpost above the flat land, reading the horizon for danger or delivery. Maybe its walls held heat from a small fire when storms closed the sky. Imagine a keeper climbing wooden stairs at dawn, pouring water into a copper basin while the tower swung faintly in the wind.
A named place photographed at this map point in Mid Suffolk.
Built in the 17th century, the Water Tower at Stowlangtoft was constructed to supply water to the manor house and is remembered as a rare example of a domestic water tower in England.

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Photo: Nat Bocking · CC BY-SA 2.0