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Dirleton Castle, Dovecot
Dovecot (17th Century)
Site Name Dirleton Castle, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (17th Century)
Canmore ID 56738
Site Number NT58SW 1.03
NGR NT 51620 84022
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56738
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Dirleton
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT58SW 1.03 51620 84022
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Scottish National Portrait Gallery:
Country Life, November 26th 1953, page 1732
Field Visit (June 1919)
Some 30 yards north of the castle is the dovecot, a 16th century structure, incorporated in a modern boundary wall. It is circular on plan, 21 feet in diameter and some 25 feet high. The height externally is divided into four tiers by horizontal string courses; a moulded billet-course characteristic of the period returns round the wall-head.
RCAHMS 1924, visited June 1919.
