Semaphore House, Pewley Hill.
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Semaphore House, Pewley Hill.
Image: © Colin Smith Taken: Unknown
This private house with its distinctive domed tower was once part of a vital military communications route. Semaphore messages, and the 1 o'clock time signal, were passed between London and Portsmouth along a chain of 13 stations, about 5 miles apart.Pewley received its signals from the tower on Chatley Heath which still stands today. The side road carries the nameplate, "Semaphore Road".
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Image Location
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51.233198
Longitude
-0.566217