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Dryburgh Abbey House, Dovecot

Dovecot (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Dryburgh Abbey House, Dovecot

Classification Dovecot (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 55606

Site Number NT53SE 1

NGR NT 59182 31497

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Mertoun
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
  • Former County Berwickshire

Archaeology Notes

NT53SE 1 59182 31497

(NT 5918 3149) Dovecot (NAT)

OS 25" map (1907)

The dovecot at Dryburgh House is a cylindrical cote with one string course now used as a pump-house. The date above a window, 1828, is a late insertion. (A cylindrical dovecote could date from the 16th century.

- vide RCAHMS 1933)

A N Robertson 1957

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Sbc Note (15 April 2016)

Visibility: Standing structure or monument.

Information from Scottish Borders Council

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