Guess The Use

This is on the racecourse, and, sadly, is no longer in use. Any ideas what it might be for (answer below)?

Guessed? It's the place the tictac man stood, to get a clear line of sight down the racecourse. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tic-tac

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