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North Berwick, The Lodge, Dovecot
Dovecot (18th Century)
Site Name North Berwick, The Lodge, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Doo'cot
Canmore ID 56596
Site Number NT58NE 18
NGR NT 55440 85204
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56596
- Council East Lothian
- Parish North Berwick
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT58NE 18 5544 8520.
(NT 5544 8520) Dovecot (NR)
OS 25" map (1963)
There is a small 18th century lean-to dovecot at The Lodge. It is rubble-walled and slate roofed.
SDD List 1961
This dovecot is built into the angle of the garden wall and has been harled on three sides.
Visited by OS (SFS) 7 July 1975
This dovecot is 9 1/2 ft square; the back wall is 26ft high and slopes 4ft towards the front. It has two deep crow-stepped gables. The lower portion of the interior is a storehouse and the entrance to the dovecot is high in the E wall. There is only one entrance hole, 2ft 1 in by 2ft 11 ins. In the interior are 134 nesting places.
J Whitaker 1938; D C Bailey and M C Tindall 1963
NMRS REFERENCE:
NT58NE 96.00 55465 85254 The Lodge
NT58NE 96.01 55 85 Gardener's Cottage
NT58NE 96.02 55 85 Summerhouse
NT58NE 80.00 5546 8523 Wall-Tower
NT58NE 18.00 5544 8520 Dovecot
