PEPPERPOT
The six-sided structure, unique in South Africa, has become the symbol of Fraserburg. It was built by Adam Jacobs in 1861 and its bell was rung whenever fire broke out. In addition, it also rang nightly at 9pm (a sad fragment of South African history) as a curfew when all coloured people were expected to be out of the town. Even after the curfew was no longer required, the bell continued to be rung at this time until the 1950s.