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Parbroath Castle, Dovecot
Dovecot (17th Century)
Site Name Parbroath Castle, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Doocot
Canmore ID 31475
Site Number NO31NW 8
NGR NO 32136 17774
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/31475
- Council Fife
- Parish Creich (North East Fife)
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO31NW 8 32136 17774.
(NO 3213 1777) Dovecot (NAT)
OS 6"map, (1920)
A roofless rectangular (17th century) dovecot with crow-stepped flanks stands in a field 250 yards W of Parbroath farm. It is built of rubble and harled.
RCAHMS 1933.
A dovecot now unroofed as described above.
Visited by OS (D S) 2 November 1956.
No change.
Visited by OS (R D) 26 May 1970.
Rectangular-plan lean-to doocot in harled rubble. The flanks are crowstepped, with a single rat course stepped twice. The west gable features a small window. (Historic Scotland)
Field Visit (9 June 1925)
Dovecot, Parbroath.
A roofless rectagular dovecot with crow-stepped flanks stands in a field 250 yards west of Parbroath Farm. It is built of rubble and is harled. There is one string-course, stepped at the flanks. The entrance faces south, and there is a small window looking westward.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 9 June 1925.
