Bass Rock Farm, Dovecot
Dovecot (Post Medieval)
Site Name Bass Rock Farm, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Heugh Farm; Doo'cot; Doocot
Canmore ID 56684
Site Number NT58SE 2
NGR NT 56254 84200
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56684
- Council East Lothian
- Parish North Berwick
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT58SE 2 56254 84200
(NT 56254 84200) Dovecot (NR)
OS 6" map (1968)
Dovecot, Heugh: This cylindrical dovecot, now surrounded by poultry runs, measures 48 1/2ft in external circumference. The 3ft thick random rubble wall, partly harled and once whitewashed, carries above the roof to a height of about 24 ft and ends with a stepped parapet descending from N to S. The original roof has been replaced by flat concrete.
There are sixteen entry holes in a stone and brick grid on the S side. There is a single string course. Internally, there are 587 nests, made of stone and brick. This dovecot is in fair repair.
J Whitaker 1938; D C Bailey and M C Tindall 1963
This dovecot, which is as described above, is ascribed by Dr J S Richardson to the 16th century.
Visited by OS (JLD) 10 September 1962
Photographic Survey (December 1960)
Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1960.
