De Dikke Paal naast de rotonde was de grenspaal die aangaf waar de onderhoudsverplichtingen met betrekking tot de Westfriese zeedijk lagen. Op de paal staan de wapens van Drechterland en de Vier Noorder Koggen afgebeeld. Dit waren de waterschappen waarbij al van oudsher de dijkvakken onder Winkel in onderhoud waren. Hier eindigde het deel van de dijk dat in onderhoud was bij de Vier Noorder Koggen en begon het stuk dat in 1339 was toebedeeld aan Drechterland. Het Drechterlandse Wijdenes viel de eer te beurt om dit ver van dat dorp afgelegen dijkgedeelte te onderhouden. Het was van groot belang om nauwkeurig aan te geven tot waar ieder ambacht de dijk moest onderhouden. Het onderhoud werd immers omgeslagen over de bevolking. En die moest precies weten waar men aan toe was. Een ambacht moest tot op de el of roede weten hoever haar macht zich uitstrekte. Deze paal is de vervanger van het in de hongerwinter van 1944 opgestookte exemplaar en is hier in 1991 herplaatst op initiatief van de Stichting Historisch Niedorp.
De Dikke Paal
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