Archaeology Notes

Event ID 688181

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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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.