Aberdeenshire HER - NJ64NW0008 - HADDO

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ64NW0008
Name	HADDO
NRHE Card No.	NJ64NW64
NRHE Numlink	18333
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	9638
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Complete 2
Details	Dovecot probably built in the early 18th century. It is of cylinderical shape with two continuous rat ledges, the higher above a reset 17th century armonial panel with a thistle over a crown with a lion rampant with a sword in its paws and the date 1694. There are semi-circular flight hole above with additional flight holes above and facing west. It has a bell-cast slate roof. The wooden nesting boxes are mostly destroyed but the potence remains. To the north of the dovecot is an early 19th century walled garden which is roughly oval in shape (NJ64NW0085), and the dovecot set into the south wall.
Last Update	26/03/2020
Updated By	cpalmer

Compiler	CH
Date of Compilation	09/08/2017

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National Grid Reference: NJ 6206 4617

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
DOVECOTS	CIRCULAR	REMAINS OF	A	100
RAT-LEDGES			B	100
PANELS	ARMORIAL	DATED	C	100
HOLES	FLIGHT		D	100
BOXES	WOODEN	NESTING	E	100
POTENCES			F	100