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Durie Home Farm, Dovecot
Dovecot (18th Century)
Site Name Durie Home Farm, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Doocot
Canmore ID 31369
Site Number NO30SE 8
NGR NO 37089 02394
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/31369
- Council Fife
- Parish Scoonie (Kirkcaldy)
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Kirkcaldy
- Former County Fife
NO30SE 8 37089 02394
NO30SE 61.00 37324 02598 Durie House
(NO 3708 0239) Dovecot (NAT)
OS 6" map (1920)
Mr R L Christie, Durie House, Leven, states that this dovecot is known to have been in existence before 1784. It is generally in good condition, though the roof and some nesting boxes were recently damaged by vandals.
It is octagonal with concave sides and about 10.0 metres high.
Visited by OS (RDL) 18 October 1962
2-stage, octagonal dovecot with concave sides. Large sandstone ashlar blocks. String course and battlemented parapets. 36' high. S ELEVATION: 1st stage with curved door below keystoned roundel with flight holes; 2nd stage with similar roundel. Cornice giving way to parapet with 6 flight holes to S and flanking faces.
An undated scale drawing of Durie Dovecot shows an 8" diameter octagonal pivot post, red brick floor, and access ladder to a 'grassed roof'. A dovecot of similar design (in fields near Anstruther, Fife) to Durie but with elaborately-finialled parapet is illustrated in Buxbaum. (Historic Scotland)
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