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Musselburgh, Inveresk, Eskgrove Dovecot

Dovecot (17th Century)

Site Name Musselburgh, Inveresk, Eskgrove Dovecot

Classification Dovecot (17th Century)

Canmore ID 53887

Site Number NT37SW 50

NGR NT 34661 72128

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council East Lothian
  • Parish Inveresk (East Lothian)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District East Lothian
  • Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

NT37SW 50 3466 7212.

(NT 3466 7212) Dovecot (NAT)

OS 25" map (1967)

The 18th c dovecot at Eskgrove is a prominent object, rectangular, measuring 17'6" x 14'11", with the back wall 34' high. There are three string courses but the topmost is only present on the back wall and for a short way on each crowstepped gable. The pigeons entered by 10 openings in the slated roof, which slopes S.

A N Robertson 1945; RCAHMS 1929, visited 1928

This dovecot is generally as described except that the roof is now in a state of disrepair.

Visited by OS (BS) 15 August 1975

Roofless in photo in sale brochure, 1990.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

Site Management (9 June 2010)

2-storey lectern dovecot Sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings; 2 rat courses; coped skews with kneelers. Door to S elevation with oeil-de-boeuf window below eaves at centre. Currently roofless (1989). 150 nesting boxes in lower storey, 131 in upper. The dovecot stands on land which originally belonged to the Colts of Inveresk House (former manse), hence the earlier date is possible. ( Historic Scotland)

Activities

Field Visit (21 May 1928)

Dovecots.

Rectangular dovecots dating from the 18th century stand in the grounds of Inveresk Gate and Eskgrove, Inveresk, and there is a third dovecot beside the premises of the Musselburgh and Fisherrow Co-operative Society in North High Street, Musselburgh.

RCAHMS 1929, visited 21 May 1928.

OS map: iv S.E. and iv N.E. (unnoted).

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