Lethen House, Dovecot
Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lethen House, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 15592
Site Number NH95SW 16
NGR NH 93520 51730
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15592
- Council Highland
- Parish Auldearn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
NH95SW 16 93520 51730.
NH 9352 5713. Dovecot. Probably 18th century. Oblong, rubble partly harled. Lean-to roof with corbiesteps. Listed 1965. (Visible on vertical air photograph, OS 65/030/022, flown 1965).
Information from RCAHMS (DE) July 1996
External Reference (2012)
Lethen Estate Wage Discharge Book (private collection) records that the dovecote was built in 1745 by Patrick Ogilvie at a cost of £5 5s sterling for Alexander Brodie Esq. of Lethen, son of Alexander Brodie 4th Laird of Lethen.
Information from the Auldearn Community Timeline Project, 2012
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