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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

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Digital image of C 29811 CN

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Digital image of C 29811 CN

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1994

© Crown Copyright: HES

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2/1923

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View of dovecot and end of E range wall.

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View of dovecot and end of E range wall.

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11/7/1951

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Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

11/8/1994

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Oblique aerial view.

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Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

11/8/1994

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Dirleton Castle, Dovecot.
General view.

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Dirleton Castle, Dovecot. General view.

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Papers of George Hay, architect, Edinburgh, Scotland

c. 1950

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View of dovecot from E range.

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View of dovecot from E range.

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11/7/1951

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List C Survey

1975

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Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

11/8/1994

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Oblique aerial view centred on the castle with the garden adjacent, taken from the ENE.

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Oblique aerial view centred on the castle with the garden adjacent, taken from the ENE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

7/5/2008

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Oblique aerial view.

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Historic Environment Scotland

18/4/2017

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Oblique aerial view centred on the castle with the garden adjacent, taken from the E.

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Oblique aerial view centred on Dirleton Castle with the garden adjacent, taken from the NW.

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Oblique aerial view centred on Dirleton Castle with the garden adjacent, taken from the NW.

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7/5/2008

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Brian C Clayton

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View of dovecot.

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View of dovecot.

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6/3/1939

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Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

11/8/1994

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Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

11/8/1994

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Oblique aerial view.

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Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

11/8/1994

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Oblique aerial view centred on the castle with the garden adjacent, taken from the NE.

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Oblique aerial view centred on the castle with the garden adjacent, taken from the NE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

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Oblique aerial view centred on the castle with the garden adjacent, taken from the WNW.

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Oblique aerial view centred on the castle with the garden adjacent, taken from the WNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

7/5/2008

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Oblique aerial view.

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Historic Environment Scotland

18/4/2017

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Oblique aerial view.

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Oblique aerial view.

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Historic Environment Scotland

18/4/2017

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Oblique aerial view.

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Historic Environment Scotland

18/4/2017

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Digital image of C 29808

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Digital image of C 29808

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1994

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Digital image of C 29807

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Digital image of C 29807

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

1994

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View of dovecot.

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View of dovecot.

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6/3/1939

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Oblique aerial view.

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Historic Environment Scotland

18/4/2017

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Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

11/8/1994

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Dirleton Castle, Dovecot, NT58SW 1.3, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Dirleton Castle, Dovecot, NT58SW 1.3, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

c. 1958

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Copy of historic photograph showing general view.

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Copy of historic photograph showing general view.

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Oblique aerial view centred on the castle with the garden adjacent, taken from the N.

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Oblique aerial view centred on the castle with the garden adjacent, taken from the N.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

7/5/2008

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View of dovecot.

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View of dovecot.

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6/3/1939

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View of dovecot at Dirleton Castle from S with a lady in the foreground.

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View of dovecot at Dirleton Castle from S with a lady in the foreground.

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G A G Peterkin

c. 1890

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Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

11/8/1994

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Oblique aerial view centred on the castle with the garden adjacent, taken from the SE.

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Oblique aerial view centred on the castle with the garden adjacent, taken from the SE.

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7/5/2008

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View of Direlton Castle dovecot.

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View of Direlton Castle dovecot.

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General Collection

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Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

11/4/1994

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Oblique aerial view.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

11/8/1994

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Digital image of C 29811 CN

View of dovecot and end of E range wall.

Oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view.

Dirleton Castle, Dovecot.
General view.

View of dovecot from E range.

Oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view centred on the castle with the garden adjacent, taken from the ENE.

Oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view centred on the castle with the garden adjacent, taken from the E.

Oblique aerial view centred on Dirleton Castle with the garden adjacent, taken from the NW.

View of dovecot.

Oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view centred on the castle with the garden adjacent, taken from the NE.

Oblique aerial view centred on the castle with the garden adjacent, taken from the WNW.

Oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view.

Digital image of C 29808

Digital image of C 29807

View of dovecot.

Oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view.

Dirleton Castle, Dovecot, NT58SW 1.3, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Copy of historic photograph showing general view.

Oblique aerial view centred on the castle with the garden adjacent, taken from the N.

View of dovecot.

View of dovecot at Dirleton Castle from S with a lady in the foreground.

Oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view centred on the castle with the garden adjacent, taken from the SE.

View of Direlton Castle dovecot.

Oblique aerial view.

Oblique aerial view.

Collections

Administrative Areas

Council East Lothian
Parish Dirleton
Former Region Lothian
Former District East Lothian
Former County East Lothian

Archaeology Notes

NT58SW 1.03 51620 84022

A c.16th century dovecot.

RCAHMS 1924

Architecture Notes

NT58SW 1.03 51620 84022

EXTERNAL REFERENCE:

Scottish National Portrait Gallery:

Country Life, November 26th 1953, page 1732

Activities

Field Visit (June 1919)

RCAHMS County Inventory: East Lothian

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.

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