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Thurston, Dovecot
Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Thurston, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Thurston House Policies
Canmore ID 58953
Site Number NT77SW 48
NGR NT 70715 74303
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/58953
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Innerwick (East Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT77SW 48 70715 74303
Not to be confused with NT77NW 10.
Near the former mansion there is a dovecot in the upper part of a square building 14 by 14ft with a pointed slate roof; dressed stone walls 2ft thick with one string course, two windows, possibly once glazed; twelve entry holes in a row below the eaves; 156 nests.
A second dovecot at Thurston has been demolished in recent years.
D C Bailey and M C Tindall 1963
Photographic Survey (September 1960 - 1962)
Photographic survey of dovecots in East Lothian by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1960-1962.
