Moray HER - NJ13NE0011 - BALLINDALLOCH DOOCOT

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Primary Reference	NJ13NE0011
Name	BALLINDALLOCH DOOCOT
NRHE Card No.	NJ13NE4
NRHE Numlink	15990
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	8450
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Complete 1
Details	A rectangular dovecot constructed in 1696, within the grounds of Ballindalloch Castle (NJ13NE0004). Measuring 8.7m by 4.5m, it has a wallhead height of 4.5m rising to an overall height of 9m. It is South facing, with a centre door and a small datestone above that is inscribed with the letter 'B'. The walls are built of uncoursed rubble, and the stone is bonded with mortar. The external angles have roughly squared dressings, with chamfered ashlar sandstone around the doorway. There are a pair of square flightholes above the upper rat course, the lower course is missing, and a similar flight hole in the West gable. The piended Banffshire slate roof is intact, and the dovecot is crowned by a later white painted weatherboard ridge cupola with 16 small flightholes and a pyramidal slate roof. Internally there are two chambers lined with 844 stone slab nesting boxes. It is similar to the Wester Elchies dovecot (NJ24SE0011).
Last Update	05/03/2018
Updated By	cpalmer

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National Grid Reference: NJ 1774 3672

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Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
DOORWAYS	ASHLAR	CHAMFERED	G	100
DOORWAYS	SANDSTONE		H	100
FLIGHT-HOLES	SQUARE		I	100
ROOFS	SLATE	PIENDED	J	100
ROOFS	PYRAMIDAL		K	100
CUPOLAS	TIMBER	PAINTED	L	100
DRESSINGS		SQUARED	F	100
DOVECOTS	RECTANGULAR		A	100
BOXES	STONE	NESTING	B	100
RAT-LEDGES			C	100
DATESTONES		INSCRIBED	D	100
CUPOLAS	RIDGE		E	100