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PaxtonTower, Camarthenshire, South Wales.

Paxton's Tower is a three-storey tower built in military gothic style. It was set in grassland and approached by a carriage drive. By 1831 a small lodge was built south-west of the tower.

Brief history of site
The tower was built by Sir William Paxton as an eyecatcher on the summit of the escarpment overlooking the Tywi valley and as a banqueting house for his own use. It was built to commemorate Lord Nelson's victories, and also to reprove the local community for its failure to elect Paxton as MP. Money which he had promised, if elected, to spend on a much-needed bridge, was instead diverted to this massive tower.
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