The Denes Car Park
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The Denes Car Park
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 11 Nov 2012
One of two in the village catering for the large numbers of tourists that visit Alfriston. This one is free though limited to three hours. The other, Image, lies beyond the trees to the right and is pay and display. The conical building is now known as The Flint Tower and seems to have been built as a mock windmill around 1900 when the land here was part of The Denes. However, a round building is marked as a dovecote on the 1876 OS map and for many years was known locally as The Thing as nobody knew its origins. A plaque on the tower now gives its origins though that was not there last time I visited. This was also the site of a former windmill that was marked on Alfriston's 1842 tithe map. The house beyond is Rose Cottage.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.809217
Longitude
0.156584