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Rockville Farm, Windmill
Dovecot (18th Century), Windmill (Post Medieval)
Site Name Rockville Farm, Windmill
Classification Dovecot (18th Century), Windmill (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Rockville Farm Dovecot
Canmore ID 56707
Site Number NT58SE 4
NGR NT 55157 81815
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56707
- Council East Lothian
- Parish North Berwick
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT58SE 4 5517 81815.
(NT 5515 8184) A cylindrical tower, apparently that of an 18th century windmill, later used as a dovecot (D C Bailey and M C Tindall 1963), is situated at Rockville farm steading. It is some 17ft in external diameter at base by 28ft in height, built in two tiers and topped by a cone-shaped, slated roof.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 1913
This tower, which is as described, is in use as a farm building.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 15 November 1962 and (SFS) 13 July 1975
NT58SE 4 NT 5515 8184
see also NT58SE 104 NT 55126 81861
Information from RCAHMS (TIC), March 2002
Field Visit (8 July 1913)
In the farm steading is a cylindrical tower some 17 feet in external diameter at base by 28 feet in height, which is built in two tiers and terminates in a cone-shaped slated roof rising within a projecting and crenellated parapet and surmounted by a weather vane. At ground level and also on the tier above is a doorway with semicircular head. The tower appears to be that of an 18th century windmill but is now devoted to other purposes.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 8 July 1913.
