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Manar House, Dovecot

Dovecot (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Manar House, Dovecot

Classification Dovecot (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Manar House Policies

Canmore ID 128732

Site Number NJ71NW 34.02

NGR NJ 73625 19997

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Inverurie
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Recording Your Heritage Online

Manar House, 1811 (at rear), John Smith. Empire link in name, after Manner in Ceylon; a no-nonsense Smith house, two storeys high, five windows broad, the elaborations are confined to a Doric portico, ashlar panels to ground floor and a small cornice. Graceful, full height bow to side. Alterations 1981. A solid, 18th-century doocot in policies, on circular

plan with high rat-course (just below the pigeonholes) and conical slated roof with cupola.

Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

Archaeology Notes

NJ71NW 34.02 73625 19997

Dovecot [NAT]

OS 1:2500 map, 1977.

A solid 18th-century doocot in policies, on circular plan with high rat-course (just below the pigeon-holes) and conical slated roof with cupola.

I Shepherd 1994.

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