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Westerdale, Dale House, Dovecot
Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Westerdale, Dale House, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Dale Dovecot
Canmore ID 8357
Site Number ND15SW 21
NGR ND 12956 52108
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8357
- Council Highland
- Parish Halkirk
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND15SW 21 ND 12956 52108 Westerdale, Dale House, Dovecot
See also
ND15SW 16.00 ND 12974 52291 Dale House
ND15SW 16.01 ND 1300 5228 Old Market Cross of Perth
ND15SW 16.02 ND 12980 52120 Walled Garden
(ND 1295 5211) Dovecot (NR)
OS 6" map, (1963)
A ruinous beehive dovecot stands at the end of the abandoned garden to the S of Dale House. Built in four stages, it stands some 17ft 6ins high while its overall diameter at base is 16ft. The interior is lined with stone nests and pigeons have access through an aperture at the top.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910.
This dovecot, in fairly good condition, is of the type generally ascribed to the 16th century.
Visited by OS (E G C) 14 April 1962.
No change to the previous field report.
Visited by OS (J M) 12 November 1981
Dovecot. Diameter: 5m. Ruined beehive-shaped dovecot built near the walled garden, Dale House, its entrance now blocked.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995
The dovecot and gardens are depicted on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet xxii). The dovecot and the garden enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1963).
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 11 March 1996.
See also ND15SW 16 Westerdale, Dale House
