Castle Mains, Dovecot
Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Castle Mains, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 56067
Site Number NT56NE 14
NGR NT 5567 6633
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56067
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Garvald And Bara
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT56NE 14 5567 6633.
(NT 5567 6633) Dovecot (NAT)
OS 6" map (1957)
This roofless dovecot, standing in a field close to Castle Mains farmhouse, measures 19ft square over rubble walls 35 ins thick; the entrance is in the S wall. It has a single string course. Originally, it contained 962 nest holes, made of stone, on each wall of the interior but most of them have been demolished on the S side and the two lower rows are blocked up. There are no dove hole entrances; presumably pigeons formerly entered by a dormer in the roof, which has been of slate and stone slabs.
A N Robertson 1952; D C Bailey and M C Tindall 1963
Photographic Survey (September 1960 - 1962)
Photographic survey of dovecots in East Lothian by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1960-1962.
