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The Grenade Hall Signal Station (daily 10am-5pm; B$23, including access to Barbados Wildlife Reserve), was one of the chain of communication stations built in the years immediately after Barbados faced its first and only major slave revolt in 1816. The stations, which communicated by semaphore flags and lanterns, were designed to get news of any trouble afoot rapidly to the garrison in Bridgetown. Grenade Hall is not as attractively located as Gun Hill, though the watchtower offers great views of the surrounding countryside, and the place is certainly worth a quick tour if you're in the area. Prints of the British military hang downstairs, alongside various bits and pieces belonging to the signalmen - medallions, clay pipes, coins and pottery shards. Upstairs, the old semaphore signals are on display - though most of them post-date the era of possible slave revolts, and relate to shipping movements. Below Grenade Hall, a large tract of native forest (same hours and ticket) has been preserved, and several kilometres of pathways loop down through the woods and under whitewood, dogwood, mahogany and magnificent silk cotton trees. Walking down from the signal station you can feel yourself entering a different ecosystem - shaded, damp, humid and sticky.
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