Barns, Dovecot
Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Barns, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 34011
Site Number NO50NE 14.01
NGR NO 5988 0692
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Fife
- Parish Crail
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO50NE 14.01 5988 0692
(NO 5988 0692) Dovecot (NAT)
OS 25" map (1914)
Dovecot, Barns. "In a field...close to the site of the old house or fortalice of Barns (23NW/NE 11) is a rectangular dovecot, probably of the 17th century, which has been wholly re-roofed with pantiles and partly rebuilt. The N and S walls have been stiffened with buttresses. The dovecot, which measures 25ft 9ins by 16ft 1 1/2ins, is still used.
RCAHMS 1933.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Barns dovecot was demolished in the early 1960s.
(Undated) information from Demolitions catalogue held in RCAHMS library.
Local enquiries revealed that this dovecot was entirely removed a few years ago due to its dangerous condition.
Revised at 25" scale.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 26 August 1968.
Field Visit (23 June 1927)
Dovecot, Barns.
In a field at Barns, three-quarters of a mile south-west of the burgh of Crail and close to the site of the old house or fortalice of Barns, is a rectangular dovecot, probably of the 17th century, which has been wholly re-roofed with pantiles and partly rebuilt. The north and south walls have been stiffened with buttresses. The dovecot, which measures 25 feet 9 inches by 16 feet 1 ½ inches, is still used.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 23 June 1927
Photographic Survey (July 1960)
Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record in July 1960.
