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Edinburgh, Liberton Drive, Liberton House, Dovecot
Dovecot (17th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Liberton Drive, Liberton House, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (17th Century)
Canmore ID 51712
Site Number NT26NE 41
NGR NT 26834 69386
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51712
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT26NE 41 26834 69386
(NT 2683 6938) Dovecot (NR)
OS 1:10000 map (1973)
A rectangular late 17th century dovecot, still in use, stands about 100 yds E of Liberton House. It is 21'11" x 19'7" and entered by a door in the centre of the S wall above which is a circular light 14" in diameter. The doves enter by two rows of ten holes in a dormer window in the sloping slated roof. The walls are harled and the gables crow-stepped. There are 1,000 nest holes.
A N Robertson 1945; RCAHMS 1929, visited 1921
No change to previous information.
Visited by OS (SFS) 22 October 1975
