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Castillo’s watch tower was completed
Source: The Castillo Years #301
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In the first weeks of 1740 the Castillo’s tall watch tower was completed, but Montiano figured that at the rate he was going it would take “at least eight years for the rehabilitation of the Castillo.” He didn’t have that much time. In the same month that the sentinels could first climb the watch tower and look east for signs of trouble, Oglethorpe came down the St. Johns River, far to the west, to attack the twin forts of Pupo and Picolata and established his own garrison there while the Spanish forces retreated to St. Augustine. From the St. Johns, Oglethorpe returned to Georgia, and proceeded to assemble a force of Carolinians, Indians and Georgians. (Source lost) 1740-1 Tall domed watchtower built on northeast San Carlos bastion31
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