2, 4 Bank Street, Dovecot. General view.
SC 395159
Description 2, 4 Bank Street, Dovecot. General view.
Date 8/1960
Collection Records of the Scottish National Buildings Record, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 395159
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of F 4139/31
Scope and Content Dovecot, number 2,4 Bank Street, Inverkeithing, Fife The dovecot in the garden of 2,4 Bank Street is one of three late 17th-century rectangular dovecots to survive in Inverkeithing. Inverkeithing, 2, 4 Bank Street, Dovecot / Residential / / Dovecot / DIGITAL IMAGES Dovecots, despite their name, usually housed up to 1000 pigeons. When the birds were eaten, their feathers were used for bedding. Their dung could be used as a fertiliser, or sold to use in tanning or for the extraction of saltpetre to make gunpowder. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference NBR 220/B/5/31
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