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Leitcheston, Dovecot
Dovecot (17th Century)
Site Name Leitcheston, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Leitcheston Dovecot; Enzie Farmsteading; Enzie Dovecot; Enzie Doocot
Canmore ID 16929
Site Number NJ36SE 10
NGR NJ 39936 62495
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16929
- Council Moray
- Parish Rathven
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
NJ36SE 10 39936 62495.
(NJ 3993 6249) Dovecot) (NAT).
OS 6" map, (1959)
A dovecot built by the laird of the old castle of Leitcheston (NJ 40 62). It is divided internally into four separate parts, possibly unique in Scotland.
A C Huie 1970.
A dovecot, 4.5m square overall, with three string courses, crow-stepped gables, a low doorway in the SE and in the SE-facing sloping roof four separate entrances for the birds leading to the four separate internal parts, where the nesting boxes remains intact.
No evidence for an 'old castle' was found; only a notice that the Duke of Gordon had purchased Leitcheston from the Gordons (OSA 1789).
Visited by OS (R L) 14 May 1971.
Project (1 April 2013 - 31 March 2014)
Survey work undertaken for the Listed Building Area Suvey programme.
