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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 714144

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/714144

NT37SE 28 38983 73871.

(NT 3898 7386) Dovecot (NR)

OS 6" map (1966)

This 16th century beehive-shaped dovecot is 60' in diameter, with a flattish domed roof covered by stone slabs, random rubble wall c. 3'6" with dressings and three stringcourses. It contains c.600 stone nests. Now in poor repair.

D C Bailey and M C Tindall 1963

This dovecot is in good condition having been recently restored by the National Trust for Scotland.

Visited by OS (RD) 4 January 1972

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