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<< Text Pages >> Alfriston - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in England in East Sussex

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Natural PlacesSite Name: Alfriston
Country: England County: East Sussex Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 Nearest Village: Alfriston
Map Ref: TQ520031
Latitude: 50.807520N  Longitude: 0.155938E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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The quaint old village of Alfriston lies within the Downs in the Cuckmere valley. Whilst the river Cuckmere has carved much of the Downland away in its course to the sea, many blocks of sarsen stone have been left, and used by the villagers. At the time of writing, sarsens were visible in a wall in West Street, as a kerbstone in North Street, three on the Tye, one in the churchyard, one in front of the Clergy house and and two at the base of the lion outside the Star Inn.

Others were known in the past outside Dean's place, by a place called "The Spots" by the river (Pagden 1950 p.61). Climbing the Downs to the east, you may come across Lullington church, which is partially destroyed leaving only the Nave. Excavations on the destroyed portion of the church revealed a block of sarsen stone which had been built into the wall of the church in the 16th century (Barr-Hamilton 1970 p.15).

Source, with reference details: http://www.sussexarch.org.uk/saaf/stones.html#sites14
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TQ5203 : Alfriston Village by Andrew Huggett
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TQ5203 : Smugglers Inn, Alfriston by Simon Carey
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TQ5203 : The Star Inn, Alfriston. by Colin Smith
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TQ5203 : The George Inn, Alfriston. by Colin Smith
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TQ5203 : Alfriston High Street. by Colin Smith
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Stones around Alfriston by Andy B on Wednesday, 25 May 2022
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A rarity for Sussex, Alfriston seems to have been the site of some Standing stones. Nothing too massive as you would find in Wiltshire, but significant because the stones are not native to the area, probably coming from the area around Brighton where many such stones appear naturally. Few of the stones survive today and little is known about them. Some seem to have been used for building, such as with Lullington Church, and a stone in a wall near the Clergy House. Others stood and some still stand about the village such as one at a place called "The Spots" by the River Cuckmere, thought to be the original resting place of several of the stones. One now gone, outside Deans Place, the site of the haunting mentioned above, one buried in the road by the lane to the church, three covered by undergrowth on the inside of the south wall of the circular churchyard, another three nearby on the Tye,

One very large one built into a wall near the junction of West Street and Sloe Lane, one as part of the kerb outside Badgers in North Street and two small ones helping to prop up the lion outside the Star Inn. The placement of both Alfriston church on a mound and Lullington Church in the middle of nowhere in what people believe to be an old Druids Grove, suggest some form of pagan worship in antiquity, perhaps stone worship was part of that.

Source: http://www.sussexarch.org.uk/saaf/alfriston.html#em1
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Alfriston Street View by Andy B on Wednesday, 25 May 2022
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Sarsens visible in a wall in West Street:


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