Midhope, Dovecot
Dovecot (17th Century)
Site Name Midhope, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Doo'cot
Canmore ID 49128
Site Number NT07NE 14
NGR NT 07359 78611
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49128
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Abercorn (West Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NT07NE 5.00 0729 7868 Midhope
NT07NE 5.01 07160 78668 Farm
NT07NE 5.02 07396 78597 Gateway
NT07NE 5.03 07281 78618 Open-ended vault
NT07NE 14.00 0735 7861 Dovecot
(NT 0735 7861) Dovecot (NR)
OS 6" map (1967)
A large 2-chambered, oblong dovecot of late 17th century date (SDD List 1964). It measures 34'3" x 18'2", and has crow-stepped gables, a lean-to slated roof, and a single string-course. The walls are of random rubble. Each chamber has an entrance; there are 993 and 1013 nest-holes. It is inscribed JL over the entrance, and was probably built for James 4th Earl of Callander who became 5th Earl of Linlithgow in 1695.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 1926
Description correct.
Visited by OS (JP) 27 March 1974
Photographic Survey (July 1962)
Photographs of Midhope Castle, West Lothian, by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1962.
