Portsoy, Durn House, Dovecot
Dovecot (17th Century)(Possible)
Site Name Portsoy, Durn House, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (17th Century)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Durn House Policies
Canmore ID 173409
Site Number NJ56NE 48.02
NGR NJ 58862 65123
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/173409
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Fordyce
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Banffshire
NJ56NE 48.02 58862 65123
Tall rectangular rubble dovecot now coated with modern harl covering boulder footings and single heavy rat course. Longer elevations N and S. Doorway with ashlar margins in centre of S front; smaller shuttered pigeon entrance above; single round vent in each gable. Crowsteps; slate roof. INTERIOR: about 500 nesting boxes lined interior.
There was a house at Durn before the present mansion and this dovecot is the only surviving building indicating an earlier dwelling of some pretension. The slating is recent; probably the cote would have had swept dormers with flight holes for the birds besides flight holes pierced in the (now) shuttered entrance. (Historic Scotland)
Photographic Survey (July 1962)
Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1962.
