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A Map of Foye

The Watchman's Tower

Where the watchman kept his lantern lit for every ship coming home.

A map of Foye and its riverAn old-style map of Foye, an invented harbour town. The town climbs the west bank of the river, the village of Penruan faces it across the water, and a ferry crosses between them. Shops along Fore Street: 1, Interiors; 2, Candles & fragrance; 3, Gifts; 4, Clothes & accessories; 5, iconkind. The town: A, Town Quay; B, St Fenna's Church; C, Trevenna Hall; D, The Watchman's Tower; E, Silver Cove; F, The Penruan Ferry; G, Penruan.
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On the western headland stands the tower where Foye's watchman kept his lantern burning from dusk to dawn. Ships feeling their way in from the Channel steered by it, and the town slept better knowing that someone was awake.

The legend of the watchman is still told in the town, and iconkind tells it too.

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A lantern kept lit all night, in the sort of wind that finds your collar. Wool weather, that.

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