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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 716099
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/716099
NT36NW 42 3366 6984.
(NT 3366 6984) Dovecot (NAT)
OS 6" map (1968)
This rectangular dovecot, near Castlesteads House, measures 18' x 15' with 2'8" thick walls, which have been harled. There is a single string course. The entrance in the front wall has been widened for the use of carts, the lower part having been used as a shed. There are 525 nest holes. The roof is of lean-to type and about three-quarters of the way down is a boarding with about twenty entrance holes for the pigeons. The gables are without crowsteps.
The dovecot is mentioned in an advertisement of 1752.
A N Robertson 1945
This dovecot is as described by Robertson.
Visited by OS (BS) 31 October 1975
