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Prestonpans, Johnnie Cope's Road, Bankton House, Dovecot

Dovecot (18th Century), Garden House (18th Century)

Site Name Prestonpans, Johnnie Cope's Road, Bankton House, Dovecot

Classification Dovecot (18th Century), Garden House (18th Century)

Alternative Name(s) West Pavilion; Garden House

Canmore ID 53739

Site Number NT37SE 90

NGR NT 39468 73662

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council East Lothian
  • Parish Prestonpans
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District East Lothian
  • Former County East Lothian

Archaeology Notes

NT37SE 90 39468 73662

There is a disused dovecot in the upper part of a square building attached to farm buildings near Bankton. It measures 19ft 11inches long by 19ft 1inch with a sloping partiled roof, and 22inches thick rubble walls.

D C Bailey and M C Tindall 1963

As described.

Visited by OS (RD) 4 January 1972.

Activities

Photographic Survey (September 1960 - 1962)

Photographic survey of dovecots in East Lothian by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1960-1962.

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