Angus HER - NO56NE0043 - EDZELL CASTLE DOVECOT

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO56NE0043
Name	EDZELL CASTLE DOVECOT
NRHE Card No.	NO56NE8
NRHE Numlink	34997
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	12385
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Complete 2
Details	Dovecot, no longer in use, probably built in circa 1600. It is shown on the 1st edition OS map as a square-plan dovecot with compartments at an angle to the north and north-west. On the 2nd edition OS map, the compartment to the north-west has been removed, and another compartment added to the east. Current maps show the compartments have been mostly removed. It is a rubble-built, white-washed dovecot with turrets at diagonally opposite angles and crowstepped gables on the roof, which is now swept. There is a doorway on the west elevation surmounted by a panel and continuous rat course moulding. The later compartment to the north is in ruins. The roof is in a poor condition.
Last Update	19/07/2022
Updated By	cpalmer

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Date of Compilation

Google Map for NO56NE0043

National Grid Reference: NO 5886 6908

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
7	1958			ISS	OS
8	1971			ISS	OS

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

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Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
DOVECOTS	RUBBLE-BUILT		D	100
TURRETS	ANGLE		E	100
GABLES		CROW-STEPPED	F	100
DOVECOTS	SQUARE		A	100
BOXES		NESTING	B	100
RAT-LEDGES			C	100
DOORWAYS			G	100
PANELS			H	100
COMPARTMENTS		REMAINS OF	I	100