Dysart, West Port, Dysart Parish Church, Dovecot In Churchyard
Dovecot (17th Century)
Site Name Dysart, West Port, Dysart Parish Church, Dovecot In Churchyard
Classification Dovecot (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) St Serf's Churchyard
Canmore ID 53986
Site Number NT39SW 15.01
NGR NT 30151 93116
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/53986
- Council Fife
- Parish Kirkcaldy And Dysart
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Kirkcaldy
- Former County Fife
NT39SW 15.01 30151 93116
A roofless 17th-century lean-to dovecot stands beside St Serf's Church, West Port. Rubble-built, it measures 4.9m square; it is crowstepped with a single string-course and contains 718 stone nesting-boxes.
Visited 28 May 1925.
RCAHMS 1933.
Crowstepped lectern dovecot. Rubble. Roofless, rectangular-plan, single compartment, with 718 stone nesting boxes. Entrance to SE, rat course/alighting ledge to NW (Historic Scotland)
Field Visit (28 May 1925)
Dovecot.
Beside what was formely St. Serf's U.F. Church is a rectangular dovecot 16 feet square, rubble-built and with crowstepped flanks. The roof, now ruinous, has been slated. The nests are of stone. The entrance is in front. At the back, where the ground rises, is a string-course to prevent rats from climbing the wall.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 28 May 1925.
Photographic Survey (October 1964 - November 1964)
Photographic survey of buildings in Dysart by the Scottish National Buildings Record/Ministry of Work in October and November 1964.
