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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 716156
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/716156
NT46NE 12.01 48703 69321
(NT 4870 6932) Dovecot (NR)
OS 6" map (1969)
This almost square lectern type dovecot is contemporary with the nearby mansion of Pilmuir (built 1624 - see NT46NE 10). It contains 906 stone nesting boxes entered by holes halfway up to the pitch of the roof.
C McWilliam 1978; D C Bailey and M C Tindall 1963; RCAHMS 1924, visited 1913
This dovecot measures 6.0m E-W by 5.5m; it has a back wall 9.0m high, a front wall 6.0m high, and a single string course.
Visited by OS (BS) 25 July 1975.
