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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 688181
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/688181
NO42SE 11 45214 21916
(NO 4521 2191) Dovecot (NAT)
OS 6" map (1919)
'A fine 17th century dovecot of unusually ornate type stands in a field 300 yards S of the farmhouse of Leuchars Castle, and 200 yards W of the castle site (NO42SE 5). It is circular on plan having a girth of 64 3/4ft and the walls rise to an elaborate corbelling of four members bearing a pyramidal roof. The entrance has an arched head dated (16)61. The entrance is fitted with double doors and the nests are of stone'.
RCAHMS 1933
A dovecote of ashlar masonry in fair condition, and as described above.
Visited by OS (DS), 19 October 1956.
OS (DS) confirmed.
Visited by OS (RDL), 5 June 1964.
