Near Shottower Road (County Road 624) at Pauley Flatwoods (County Road 608).
This renovated gray limestone shot tower was used to manufacture lead shot. This tower provides a visible example of a nineteenth century commercial venture in southwest Virginia. Construction of the tower, believed to have been built in the early . . . — — Map (db m155686) HM
On Fort Chiswell Road (U.S. 52) 0.2 miles north of Foster Falls Road, on the right when traveling south.
By 1770 Capt. William Herbert had established a ferry across the nearby New River that became known as Jackson’s Ferry. Thomas Jackson erected the 75-foot shot tower in the early 1800s to manufacture shot for firearms. The Austinville mines supplied . . . — — Map (db m32514) HM
