Archaeology Notes

Event ID 716381

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT37SE 14 38175 72756

(NT 3817 7275) Dovecot (NR)

OS 1:10000 map (1973)

Dovecot, Dolphingstone: This 17th century, beehive type dovecot measures 51ft in circumference at the base. It has a flattish domed roof covered with stone slabs; random rubble wall, partly harled, with two string courses. There is an entry for pigeons through an opening in the centre of the roof, and two other openings in the wall, about 2ft square. No nests remain. This dovecot is in fair repair (D C Bailey and M C Tindall 1963). (See NT37SE 7 for remains of associated house).

RCAHMS 1924, visited 1914; J Whitaker 1938; C McWilliam 1978

This dovecot is as described by the previous authorities.

Visited by OS (SFS), 26 August 1975.