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Publication Account
Date 1996
Event ID 1016295
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1016295
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).
