Archaeology Notes

Event ID 724651

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NX46NW 18.00 41867 66202

(NX 4187 6620) Dovecot (NAT)

OS 6" map (1957)

Formerly entered as NX46NW 18.

The dovecot at Kirroughtree stands in an isolated position in a field W of the house, and can be seen from a great distance. It is octagonal in shape and its walls which are white-washed, are two feet thick. Morton states that it was built in 1719 at the same time as Kirroughtree House and says that there is not another to equal it in the S of Scotland.

A S Morton 1938; A N Robertson 1958.

The dovecot is generally as described above; it measures 4.8m diameter and is unroofed.

Visited by OS (RD) 23 September 1966.