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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 665834
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/665834
NJ26SE 1 2595 6484.
(NJ 2595 6484) Dovecot (NAT).
OS 6"map, Morayshire, 1st ed., (1870).
For Leuchars House, see NJ26SE 65.00.
A circular dovecot, dated 1583.
(Undated) information from Ms 'Old Dovecots of Scotland' by A N Robertson.
This dovecot has partially collapsed and the interior is filled with debris, but a few pigeon boxes can still be seen. It measures 3.0m in diameter within a wall 1.0m thick surviving to a maximum height of 2.0m in the E.
Information from OS (R L) 26 January 1972.
The doocot depicted in the historic slide H 94062 S has been identified with this site despite the annotation 'Calcots'. Compare H 94088 S and H 94053 S, both annotated 'Leuchars'.
(information from RCAHMS (AC), 27 November 2008.
