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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 720916
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/720916
NT68SW 6 6119 8409
For Seacliff House (NT 6081 8431) and associated buildings, see NT68SW 28.
(NT 6118 8409) Dovecot (NAT)
OS 6" map (1854)
(NT 6121 8409) At old Scoughall, 150 yards south-west of the tower (Seacliff Tower - NT68SW 5) is a square 17th century dovecot of Tantallon type measuring 16 feet by 16 feet in height at the eaves; the roof is of flags. The entrance is in the south wall and has double doors. In the west wall a small window has been inserted at a later time.
RCAHMS 1924
A cottage has now been built on to the dovecot at Scoughall.
Trans E Lothian Antiq Fld Natur Soc 1938
Scowgall is mentioned in a charter of King Duncan dated 1094 (Dipl et Numis Scot 1739 - J Anderson).
(Undated) information in OS archaeology records.
NT 6119 8409. This dovecot and the entire building of Old Scoughall were demolished in 1939. No traces remain (John Dale Jnr).
Visited by OS (WDJ) 13 November 1962
