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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 709257
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/709257
NS97NW 4.01 91329 78716
(NS 91329 78716). The dovecot near the W end of Dovecot Road is in excellent preservation; apart from a renewed roof, it is virtually in its original state. Rubble-built, it measures 18'3" by 16'3" over 2'10" thick walls.
The door is in the centre of the S side, and above this a heavy rounded perching-course runs around this building. Resting on this, above the door, is a heraldic panel dated 1647. However, the gerneral appearance of the dovecot, and some architectural details suggest that it is not older than the 18th century. It seems probable that the panel originally formed part of some other building, perhaps an earlier dovecot, and was incorporated in the present structure when it was being built.
RCAHMS 1963, visited 1953.
Westquarter Dovecote (Information from DoE {HBM} name board), is as described.
Visited by OS(JP) 10 January 1974.
