Guide to historic PlymouthLocalities and objects of interest . il Hill. Town Brook Watsons Hi THE TOWN FROM THE SOUTH. had a tract of land assii;ned him here on which toraise corn, and to this da\- portions of the hill remainin the Bradford name and others of direct descentfrom him. The Watch Tower* A little to the north of the site of the t)ld fortanother tablet marks the place of tlu brick watchtower erected in 164:;. The localitv of this tower is 58 indicated by four stone posts set in the groundto mark its corners. The brick foundation is stillthere, about a foot below the surface, and the
Guide to historic PlymouthLocalities and objects of interest . il Hill. Town Brook Watsons Hi THE TOWN FROM THE SOUTH. had a tract of land assii;ned him here on which toraise corn, and to this da\- portions of the hill remainin the Bradford name and others of direct descentfrom him. The Watch Tower* A little to the north of the site of the t)ld fortanother tablet marks the place of tlu brick watchtower erected in 164:;. The localitv of this tower is 58 indicated by four stone posts set in the groundto mark its corners. The brick foundation is stillthere, about a foot below the surface, and the oldhearthstone on which the Pilgrims built their watchfires still lies where they placed it, on the south-erly side of the enclosure. The location of the towerwas discovered several years ago in digging a grave,when the sexton came upon the foundation. The. SITE OF THE WATCH TOWER, 1643. Back of this is seen the lot of Rev. Adoniram Judson, the famous missionary to Burnaah. town records of Sept. 23, 1643, have the followingentry in regard to it: It is agreed upon by thewhole that there shall be a watch house forthwith,built of brick, and that Mr. Grimes will sell us thebrick at eleven shillings a thousand. This is thefirst mention of brick in the records of the colony,and it is to be presumed that this marks about the 59 time of the first brickyard. The cause of the towerbeing built was probal^ly tlie tlireatenings of the In-dians, wliicla resulted in the Narragansett war. Still later, in 1676, another fortification was erectedon the hill, it is presumable covering the same area,enclosing a hundred feet square, witli palisadoesten and a half feet high, and three pieces of ordnanceplanted on it. The town agreed with NathanielSouthworth to build a watch house, -which is to besixteen feet in length, twelve feet in breadth, andeight feet stu
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