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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 716006
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/716006
NT47SE 13.02 4951 7334.
(NT 4951 7334) Dovecot (NAT)
OS 6" map (1957)
This now roofless dovecot is in a field on the E side of Letham House. It measures 30 1/2' E-W by 15' N-S. The front wall in 13' high, and the back wall, surmounted by a flat parapet, is 22' high; the gables are crow-stepped. It is divided into two parts by a 2' thick wall. There is a string course 10' above the ground.
J Whitaker 1938; A N Robertson 1957
This dovecot is generally as described. Its date is uncertain, but probably 18th c.
Visited by OS (RDL) 23 October 1962
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS (BS) 15 October 1975
A ruinous 18th century dovecot of double lectern type.
C McWilliam 1978
