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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 723238
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/723238
NT67NW 14 64573 76831.
(NT 6457 7683) Dovecot (NAT)
OS 6" map (1957)
Dovecot (NR) (detail omitted)
OS 6" map (1971)
The rectangular lectern-type dovecot at Belton measures 35ft by 18 1/2 ft; the front wall is 10 1/2ft high while that at the rear is 21 1/2ft high. The gables are crow-stepped, and the roof, which contains 13 entrance holes, is covered with corrugated iron. It was originally two- chambered, containing about 1374 nests (of which 560 remain), but one section is now occupied by the gas plant which now lights the
mansion.
J Whitaker 1938
This dovecot, of late 17th or 18th century date, is generally as described by Whitaker.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 22 March 1966.
