Welcome to the Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology (GSIA) website. The Society was formed in 1964 to study and record the history and physical remains of Gloucestershire industries.
Details of our activities, together with copies of our Journal articles and various pages relating to the County's industrial past may be seen by following the relevant links in the sidebar and drop-down menus above.
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Siddington Round Tower - Function Or Folly? by David Viner
The Round tower, close to the parish boundary between Siddington and South Cerney, is something of a mystery. It is reputed to have been a windmill. a folly, a dwelling or even connected with the nearby Thames and Severn Canal.
Siddington Round Tower