Hall Of Rendall, Dovecot
Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Hall Of Rendall, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Rendall Doocot
Canmore ID 2688
Site Number HY42SW 2
NGR HY 42262 20731
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Evie And Rendall
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY42SW 2 42262 20731.
(HY 4224 2073) Dovecot (NAT)
OS 25" map, Orkney 2nd ed., (1900).
The dovecot near Hall of Rendall is roofless and in poor condition. Its internal diameter is 12 ft 3 ins and the wall is about 4 ft thick.
RCAHMS 1946.
The dovecot is about 10 ft in diameter at the top and about 18 ft high.
Visited by OS (DFO), 30 May 1957.
A beehive dovecot, as described.
Visited by OS (RL), 6 June 1967.
See catalogue for full RCAHMS collection
Publication Account (1996)
This attractive beehive dovecote with its four external string-courses is unique in the Northern Isles. The nests for the pigeons are simply irregular gaps left in the rough masonry of the internal wallface.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: Orkney’, (1996).
