Moray HER - NJ26NW0012 - PITGAVENY HOUSE DOVECOT

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ26NW0012
Name	PITGAVENY HOUSE DOVECOT
NRHE Card No.	NJ26NW31
NRHE Numlink	16472
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	15802
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Complete 2
Details	Circular dovecot from the late-17th or early-18th century, and restored in 1977. It is a circular rubble dovecot with tooled rubble dressings. The entrance is in the North face, and there are flight holes at the South above a single rat course, which serves as an alighting ledge. It has a conical graded local stone slate roof, and a 1977 conical metal cap closes the circular apex flight-hole. Inside, it is lined from floor to wallhead with roughly dressed stone nesting boxes. It is associated with Pitgaveny House (NJ26NW0023).
Last Update	17/08/2017
Updated By	cherbert

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National Grid Reference: NJ 2394 6508

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

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Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
DOVECOTS	CIRCULAR		A	100
RAT-LEDGES			B	100
BOXES	STONE	NESTING	C	100
ROOFS	SLATE	CONICAL	D	100
FLIGHT-HOLES			G	100
CAPS	METAL	CONICAL	H	100
DOVECOTS	RUBBLE		E	100
DRESSINGS	RUBBLE	TOOLED	F	100