Biel House, Dovecot
Dovecot (Early 18th Century)
Site Name Biel House, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (Early 18th Century)
Canmore ID 57727
Site Number NT67NW 25
NGR NT 63849 75825
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57727
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Stenton (East Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT67NW 25 63849 75825.
(NT 6364 7582) Dovecot (NAT)
OS 6" map (1971)
Dovecot, Biel: In a field some distance from the mansion (NT67NW 21) is a double lectern-type dovecot, measuring 39ft 3 ins by 20ft with a slate roof and crowstepped gables; random rubble walls with rough dressings, plinth, and two string courses, the second lining with the eaves. There are two doors and two small round windows, also 24 entry holes in a row midway up the roofs. Inside, there is a large number of stone nests, and a potence ladder in one chamber. This dovecot is ruinous. (Datable to the 18th century - cf NT67NE 56).
D C Bailey and M C Tindall 1963.
Photographic Survey (September 1960 - 1962)
Photographic survey of dovecots in East Lothian by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1960-1962.
