Lasswade, Melville Dykes Road, Pittendreich, Dovecot
Dovecot (18th Century)
Site Name Lasswade, Melville Dykes Road, Pittendreich, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (18th Century)
Canmore ID 53435
Site Number NT36NW 128.01
NGR NT 30800 66274
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/53435
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Lasswade
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT36NW 128.01 30800 66274
Standing Building Recording (9 June 2009 - 31 July 2009)
NT 313 665 A standing building assessment was undertaken on 9–10 June 2009 on the remains of a number of 18th-century features associated with the Pittendreich estate prior to development works. The remains consisted of a walled garden, rectangular dovecote and a large ruinous building. All the features appeared to pre-date the existing Pittendreich House (built in 1857) and were probably associated with an earlier house in the same grounds and location as the present house (now Pittendreich Care Home).
A subsequent evaluation carried out on 30–31 July 2009 successfully located a small number of shallow ditches and pits/postholes of unknown function. Although mostly undated, two of the features contained one fragment each of 19th-century pottery.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Young and Gault on behalf of Bilbrooke Ltd
Erlend Hindmarch and Diana Sproat – AOC Archaeology Group
