Every morning the national flag was raised at Zwartkoppies. The flag-pole is 27 metres high so that it is clearly visible from afar. Before the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War the Vierkleur of the old Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) was flown. It was later replaced by the British flag, the Union Jack. According to legend, during the Anglo-Boer War, Marks changed the flags favoured by the soldiers present in the vicinity at a particular time. 

Around the base of the flag-pole is a formal garden with circular flower beds and gravel paths. Lemon trees are planted in a wide circle.

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