Mountquhanie House, Dovecot

Wash House (17th Century)

Site Name Mountquhanie House, Dovecot

Classification Wash House (17th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Mountquhanie Castle, Dovecot

Canmore ID 31802

Site Number NO32SW 54.01

NGR NO 34734 21282

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Oblique aerial view of Mountquhanie house, centred on the country house, 'dovecot', stables, farmsteading and the remains of a castle, taken from the SSE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

3/6/1998

SC 1673301

Oblique aerial view of Mountquhanie House centred on the country house, 'dovecot', stables and the remains of a castle, taken from the WSW.

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3/6/1998

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Oblique aerial view of Mountquhanie House centred on the country house, 'dovecot', stables and the remains of a castle, taken from the NNE.

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3/6/1998

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Mountquhanie House, NO32SW 11, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

1958

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Oblique aerial view of Mountquhanie house, centred on the country house, 'dovecot', stables, farmsteading and the remains of a castle, taken from the SSE.

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3/6/1998

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Oblique aerial view of Mountquhanie house, centred on the country house, 'dovecot', stables, farmsteading and the remains of a castle, taken from the SE.

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3/6/1998

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Oblique aerial view of Mountquhanie house, centred on the country house, 'dovecot', farmsteading, stables and the remains of a castle, taken from the SSE.

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3/6/1998

SC 1673312

Oblique aerial view of Mountquhanie house, centred on the country house, 'dovecot', stables, farmsteading and the remains of a castle, taken from the SSE.

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3/6/1998

SC 2688006

Mountquhanie House, NO32SW 11, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

1958

SC 1673300

Oblique aerial view of Mountquhanie House centred on the country house, 'dovecot', stables and the remains of a castle, taken from the NW.

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3/6/1998

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Oblique aerial view of Mountquhanie house, centred on the country house, 'dovecot', stables, farmsteading and the remains of a castle, taken from the S.

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3/6/1998

SC 1673313

Oblique aerial view of Mountquhanie House centred on the country house, 'dovecot', stables and the remains of a castle, taken from the ENE.

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3/6/1998

SC 1673302

Oblique aerial view of Mountquhanie house, centred on the country house, 'dovecot', stables, farmsteading and the remains of a castle, taken from the SSW.

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3/6/1998

SC 1673315

Oblique aerial view of Mountquhanie House centred on the country house, 'dovecot', stables and the remains of a castle, taken from the NNW.

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Administrative Areas

Council Fife
Parish Kilmany
Former Region Fife
Former District North East Fife
Former County Fife

Archaeology Notes

NO32SW 54.01 34708 21267

A probably late 17th century dovecot is attached to the N range at Mountquhanie Castle (NO32SW 19). It is rectangular, of rubble and has been altered to a workshop.

SDD List

The building at NO 3477 2123, erroneously described as a dovecot above, was originally a laundry (A H B Wedderburn, Mountquhanie House).

Visited by OS (RD) 10 June 1970

Mountquhanie Dovecot is attached to the North of the Stables a Mountquahanie House (NO32SE 54.00). See also Mountquhanie Castle (NO32SW19).

Information from RCAHMS (HMLB), November 2002.

Site Management (12 November 2007)

Buildings at Risk Register BARR

Doocot that has been altered to a workshop and incorporated into the stable block. Rectangular rubble-built, gabled with crowsteps, slate and pantile roof. (Historic Scotland)

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