Cleat Farm, Dovecot
Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cleat Farm, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Cleat Farm Doocot
Canmore ID 2453
Site Number HY41SE 3
NGR HY 4695 1232
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2453
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Kirkwall And St Ola
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY41SE 3 4695 1232
Cleat Farm. An almost square dovecot is attached to the west gable of a farm outbuilding at Cleat Farm. The walls are 3ft 3ins thick. The entrance is on the south side, and is two feet one inch wide. The cote is 17ft 2ins by 17ft 3ins, and possibly of early eighteenth century date.
A N Robertson Mss. Old Dovecotes of Scotland.
The farmer at Cleat dismantled a building with dimension equivalent to the dovecot at HY 4695 1232 in order to erect a byre. No trace of the dovecot remains.
Visited by OS (NKB) 5 April 1964.
