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Bo'ness, Bridgeness, Grange House, Dovecot
Dovecot (17th Century), Mine Shaft (18th Century), Winder House (18th Century)
Site Name Bo'ness, Bridgeness, Grange House, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (17th Century), Mine Shaft (18th Century), Winder House (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Engine Winding House; Kinningars Park
Canmore ID 49525
Site Number NT08SW 33.01
NGR NT 01401 81290
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49525
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Bo'ness And Carriden
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County West Lothian
NT08SW 13 0140 8129.
(NT 0140 8129) Dovecot (NAT)
OS 25" map, (1972)
Dovecot: 17th(?) century. Oblong. 2 storeys, Rubble-walled, E end patched in brick. Roofless (formerly had lean-to roof and crow-steps). Round-headed doorway in W end. Upper storey has 415 brick nest-holes. Lower storey altered to house winding-engine (now gone) for nearby side-shaft, both side-walls pierced by large round arch.
SDD 1960-.
This dovecot is generally as described. The building sequence here is difficult to establish but it seems unlikely that a winding-house would be constructed from a dovecot. The patched E end and the solid stone construction of the ground floor, together with the absence of nest-boxes on the ground floor, suggest that the building was originally a winding-house. The brick infilling on the E end and the nest-boxes on the first floor are the same construction and appear to be secondary.
Visited by OS (B S) 7 March 1974.
NT 0140 8128 Magnetic survey was carried out across the Park (as a 200m transect) in October 2006 to try and detect a possible continuation of the Antonine Wall and Ditch from Bridgeness to Carriden. The results were negative.
Archive location not yet known
Sponsor: EU Culture 2000.
Richard Jones, 2006.
Latterly used as mine winding-house
Field Visit (August 1977)
Kinnigars NT 014 812 NT08SW 13
Stone built colliery winding house probably of late 18th century date, later partially reconstructed and converted for use as a dovecot. Mine-shaft stands immediately to the W.
RCAHMS 1978, visited August 1977
Geophysical Survey (October 2006)
NT 0140 8128 Magnetic survey was carried out across the Park (as a 200m transect) in October 2006 to try and detect a possible continuation of the Antonine Wall and Ditch from Bridgeness to Carriden. The results were negative.
Archive location not yet known
Sponsor: EU Culture 2000.
Characterisation
This site falls within the Bridgeness and Carriden Area of Townscape Character (NT08SW 169), which was defined as part of the RCAHMS Urban Survey Programme 2013. Text relating to the historical development and topography, and present character of the Bridgeness and Carriden Area of Townscape Character can be viewed at site NT08SW 169.
Information from RCAHMS (LK), January 2014
