Athelstaneford, Main Street, Dovecot
Dovecot (16th Century)
Site Name Athelstaneford, Main Street, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (16th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Athelstaneford Dovecot; Althelstaneford Castle; Athelstaneford Church Dovecot
Canmore ID 56286
Site Number NT57NW 15
NGR NT 53265 77374
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56286
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Athelstaneford
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT57NW 15 53265 77374.
(NT 53265 77374) Dovecot (NR)
OS 6" map (1968)
Dovecot, Athelstaneford: This lectern-type dovecot measures 15 ft 6 ins by 15 ft 9 ins, with a slate roof and crowstepped gables. The random rubble walls are 3 ft 6 ins thick, partly harled, with dressings and two string courses. The door, in the W wall, has a wooden lock; above it is inscribed 'C H 1583'. There are fourteen entry holes midway up the roof, and remains of three in an opening in the S wall below the eaves. There were once perhaps 600 nests but only 52 remain.
D C Bailey and M C Tindall 1963; J Whitaker 1938; RCAHMS 1924, visited 1912
As described. The roof has partly collapsed.
Visited by OS (BS) 14 July 1975.
Field Visit (30 June 1912)
Within a field north of the parish manse is a dovecot 15 ½ feet square and some 25 feet in height, which is built in three stages of irregularly coursed freestone and covered with a lean-to roof. On the lintel of the doorway in the west wall is inscribed in relief, within a panel, the initials G H and the date 1583.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 30 June 1912.
Photographic Survey (September 1960 - 1962)
Photographic survey of dovecots in East Lothian by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1960-1962.
