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Scar Steading: Detail of nest boxes in wall of dovecot
D 3380
Description Scar Steading: Detail of nest boxes in wall of dovecot
Date 10/8/1996
Collection Scottish Farm Buildings Survey
Catalogue Number D 3380
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 738886
Scope and Content Detail of nest boxes in wall of dovecot, Scar Farm, Sanday, Orkney Islands Scar is a coastal farm on the island of Sanday, part of the Orkney group. The economy of the island is based on agriculture helped by its fertile soils and temperate climate. Scar has an extensive complex of farm buildings and was once the seat of the Traill family. This shows the nesting boxes in the wall of the dovecot, a lean-to building with stone walls and a flagstone roof. Nesting boxes, made from thin flagstone slates, were built into all four walls including the south-east wall where a low door gave access to collect eggs, droppings and young birds. Pigeons were kept in dovecots as a source of eggs and meat, useful when other food was scarce. A large dovecot relied on surrounding arable land to provide grain for the pigeons to eat. Pigeon droppings could also be collected from the floor of the dovecot to fertilise the soil. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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