Caiplie Dovecot
Dovecot (18th Century)
Site Name Caiplie Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (18th Century)
Canmore ID 34024
Site Number NO50NE 5
NGR NO 58778 05540
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/34024
- Council Fife
- Parish Kilrenny
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO50NE 5 58778 05540
(NO 5877 0555) Dovecot (NAT)
OS 25" map (1914)
'Dovecot, Caiplie. On the S of the Anstruther-Crail road, 2 1/4 miles SW of Crail, is an oblong 17th century dovecot built of rubble and harled. The flanks are stepped and the door, which faces S, is giblet checked.'
RCAHMS 1933
As described by RCAHMS. Now roofless and in a ruinous condition.
Visited by OS (WDJ), 23 August 1968.
Single chamber, lean-to type; crow-stepped flanks, stepped rat course, single entrance at centre of south front; rubble with ashlar dressings, roofless, nesting boxes partially collapsed. (Historic Environment Scotland List entry)
Field Visit (20 June 1927)
Dovecot, Caiplie.
On the south of the Anstruther-Crail road, 2 ¼ miles south-west of Crail, is an oblong 17th-century dovecot built of rubble and harled. The flanks are stepped, and the door, which faces south, is giblet-checked.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 20 June 1927.
Photographic Survey (July 1960)
Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record in July 1960.
