Built in 1818, the Gun Hill Sig­nal Sta­tion is the largest and most impor­tant of Bar­ba­dos’€™ now defunct sig­nal sta­tions; it is said to have passed sig­nals to and from the island’€™s other Sig­nal Sta­tions – High­gate, Mon­crieffe, Cot­ton Tower, Dover Fort and Grenade Hall. Aptly named ‘Gun Hill’€™, it was one of the four points, across Bar­ba­dos, where guns were used to warn the mil­i­tary of an impend­ing inva­sion. Gun Hill was also used for time-​telling and hur­ri­cane warnings.

Gun Hill is also known for the fig­ure of a lion which was carved from a sin­gle piece of coral stone; it was sculpted, in 1868, by Cap­tain Henry Wilkin­son who was assisted by 4 mil­i­tary labour­ers. After falling into dis­re­pair and ruin, Gun Hill was restored in 1983 and is now under the stew­ard­ship of the Bar­ba­dos National Trust.