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Gun Hill Signal Station (Mon-Sat 9am-5pm; B$9.20) sits among pretty landscaped gardens that belie its turbulent origins. Built in 1818 and restored by the Barbados National Trust, the watchtower offers fabulous panoramic views across the green, gently rolling hills of central Barbados and out to the ocean beyond Bridgetown. Guides give an expert introduction to the local history, and there is a small but immaculate display of military memorabilia, including flags of the various army regiments that were stationed here, maps of the island's many forts - 23 of them had been built as early as 1728 - and the cannons (never fired) that would have alerted the population to enemy invasion. Below the station, and visible from the tower, is a giant white lion - a British military emblem carved from a single block of limestone by soldiers stationed here in 1868.
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