Wester Pencaitland Farm, Dovecot
Dovecot (17th Century)
Site Name Wester Pencaitland Farm, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (17th Century)
Canmore ID 54703
Site Number NT46NW 13
NGR NT 44020 68951
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council East Lothian
- Parish Pencaitland
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT46NW 13 44020 68951.
A large rectangular dovecot stands in the haugh 50 yds NW of Pencaitland school. It measures 19 1/2' x 22 3/4' externally and rises in two stages to a total height of 30'. It is built of rubble covered with harling and the gables are crowstepped. The roof is of timber and is slated. Beneath the eaves course and set over the entrance is a projecting tablet, which may be inscribed but is now covered with harling.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 1920; D C Bailey and M C Tindall 1963
NT 4402 6895. This dovecot is as described.
Visited by OS (BS) 21 October 1975
This dovecot may be of late 17th century date.
C McWilliam 1978
Field Visit (22 May 1920)
A large rectangular dovecot stands in the haugh 50 yards north-west of Pencaitland School. It measures 19 ½ feet by 22 ¾ feet externally and rises in two stages to a total height of 30 feet. It is built of rubble covered with harling, and the gables are crowstepped; the roof is of timber and is slated. Beneath the eaves course and set over the entrance is a projecting tablet, which may be inscribed but is now covered with harling.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 22 May 1920.
Photographic Survey (September 1960 - 1962)
Photographic survey of dovecots in East Lothian by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1960-1962.
