Alternative Names Doo'Cot
Site type DOVECOT
Canmore ID 49474
Site Number NT08SE 11
NGR NT 0548 8006
Council FALKIRK
Parish BO'NESS AND CARRIDEN
Former Region CENTRAL
Former District FALKIRK
Former County WEST LOTHIAN

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Archaeological Notes

NT08SE 11 0548 8006.

(NT 0548 8006) Dovecot (NR) (remains of)
OS 6" map, (1970)

This oblong dovecot, with crow-stepped gables and pantiled roof, measures 17' x 20' 10". It has one string-course and the entrance faces N. In the W gable is an armorial panel, much worn, it is dated 1591 below the shield.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 1926.

This dovecot is now roofless and there is no sign of the armorial panel. The N wall stands to a height of about 6.0m while the other three sides are between 0.5m and 1.0m high. The entrance is in the W side. There is also a break in the wall in the E.
Visited by OS (J L D) 19 January 1953 and (B S) 14 March 1974.

The remains are situated to the south of Blackness Castle (NT08SE 6.00), within area under Guardianship. No change to NMRS description
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 19th February 1996..

RCAHMS (1933) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Eleventh report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the counties of Fife, Kinross, and Clackmannan Edinburgh
Page(s): 195, No. 303 Held at RCAHMS A.1.1.INV/11