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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 713913

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/713913

NT37SE 22 39003 74157

See also NT37SE 3.

(NT 3900 7415) A single-chambered lectern type dovecot stands c. 100 yds N of Preston Tower. It measures 19' 4" by 17' 3" with a one-way slate roof and crowstepped gables. In a fair state of repair, it contains 985 nests.

D C Bailey and M C Tindall 1963; RCAHMS 1924

As described. Typical 17/18th century dovecot.

Visited by OS (RD) 4 January 1972

Scheduled with NT37SE 3 as Preston Tower and Dovecot.

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 13 December 2000.

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