Archaeology Notes

Event ID 713025

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT18SW 9.01 11846 84895

(NT 1184 8489) Dovecot (NAT)

OS 6" map (1948)

This late 17th/early 18th c dovecot is situated 100m NE of Pitreavie. It is 3.9m square, of harled rubble masonry with stone dressing and a string course. The roof, now gone, is of lean-to type with crow-stepped gables. The entrance is to the south. The interior was not accessible.

Visited by OS (AC) 12 March 1959

Scheduled as Pitreavie House, dovecote.

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 1 December 2000.