Natural feature
Signal Hill
Grassy hilltop lookout where a two-century-old cannon marks noon and crowds gather nightly for sunset picnics.
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Location
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About this audio guide
This guide to Signal Hill in Cape Town traces the noonday cannon that has set the city's clocks since 1806, from its beginnings as a courtesy to ships anchored in Table Bay to its move onto the hill in 1902 and its link to the Royal Observatory's master clock. You'll hear about the two Navy gunners who still climb up each day to fire it, and about the evening crowd that gathers on the same grass for sunset picnics. Get here well before sunset if you want a spot on the lawn.
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