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Local legends go that the tower with three terraces found just South of Rakha Mines, which is the centre and most important part of the copper belt between Rajdah and Badia, is part of a fort situated on top of the ancient mines. This fort served as a watch-tower for the Rajah who was working the mines. Around the tower at least three terraces have been cut in the laterite. One of these terraces is 8 ft (2.4 m) wide and 3 to 4 ft (0.9 to 1.2 m) high. It is said locally that there were originally three entrances by tunnels, in the north, south and the east of the hill into a centre below the tower (Dunn, 1937).