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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 716767
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/716767
NT48SE 30 48501 81917.
(NT 48501 81917) Dovecot (NAT)
OS 6" map (1957)
Dovecot, Saltcoats Castle: In the boundary wall of the ruined castle (NT48SE 7 - late 16th century) there is a lectern type dovecot, measuring 17 by 15ft, now roofless. It has random rubble walls, partly buttressed, with dressings and one setback course; the gables are crow- stepped. There are six entry holes in a grid in the S gable, and about 200 nests remain.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 1913; J Whitaker 1938; D C Bailey and M C Tindall 1963
This dovecot is as described.
Visited by OS (RDL) 21 November 1962 and (SFS) 11 July 1975
