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St Fort, Dovecot
Dovecot (18th Century)
Site Name St Fort, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (18th Century)
Canmore ID 33120
Site Number NO42NW 14.01
NGR NO 41566 25938
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Fife
- Parish Forgan
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO42NW 14.01 41566 25938
(NO 4156 2593) Dovecot (NAT)
OS 25" map (1914)
A rectangular dovecot measuring 8.4m x 4.5m with a max height on the North side of c.8.0m It has a steeply-pitched slated lean-to roof with crow-stepped gables and a string-course on three sides. The dovecot is divided into two similar compartments each with its own entrance in the South side. All the interior walls are lined with stone boxes to the wall-heads. On the south wall is a stone inscribed:
MP AN
1735
The dovecot is in a semi-ruinous condition, the roof over the east compartment having partially collapsed into the interior.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 3 June 1964
