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Unfortunately this structure - sometimes called the Rose Tower - lacks any good tale, probably because it seems hard to actually work out what it might have been built for in the first place. Standing nearly 70 foot tall, it looks like a dove cote with its holes to allow the birds access, but it seems that this is not its purpose. There may have been a floor at the base of the cone above the arches, but this is also uncertain. The structure, which bears a passing resemblance to the towers of Ireland, has been aptly described as "a highly functional structure designed for no function that has yet materialized"






Visiting:-
I took this above photograph from a lane just below the cone to the south, - admittedly with a zoom lens - as the footpaths on this particular visit were closed, because of Foot and Mouth restrictions, in force at the time.

Gary Player visited the park only recently and took this very good shot of the cone at sunset.


Photograph submitted by and copyright of Gary Player

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