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SC 564964
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Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 564964
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 33524 CN
Scope and Content The Dovecot at Malleny House, Currie, Edinburgh, from the north-east Malleny House, built for the Scott family in the first half of the 18th century, incorporates an earlier building dating from the 16th century. The house and gardens now belong to The northational Trust for Scotland. The dovecot, possibly associated with the earlier house, has a double-pitch slate roof and crowstepped gables. It contained 915 boxes for nesting birds, and had a dormer window in the south-facing roof which provided an entrance for the birds. In the early 18th century most large estates in Scotland had a dovecot to supply eggs, meat (pigeon-pie being a favourite), and manure for the vegetable garden. Dovecots usually had south-facing roofs so that the pigeons could bask in the sun. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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