Skibo Castle, Dove-cot Park, Dovecot
Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skibo Castle, Dove-cot Park, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Skibo Castle Policies; Castle Of Skibo
Canmore ID 14649
Site Number NH78NW 16
NGR NH 736 890
NGR Description NH c. 736 890
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14649
- Council Highland
- Parish Dornoch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NH78NW 16 c. 736 890
For Skibo Castle (NH 73624 89052) and associated buildings, see NH78NW 13.00.
There was a dovecot in the corner of a piece of ground called the 'Dove-cot Park'. The cot was large, octagonal, stone built of two floors each having stone arched-entrances all around and each entrance having its own flat stone landing platform. The roof was pointed, circular and heather-thatched.
W Calder 1949.
No further information was found during field investigation. Enquiries at the Estate Office, Clashmore, were negative.
Visited by OS (W D J) 14 June 1963.
