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Latitude: 57.4878 / 57°29'15"N
Longitude: -4.1361 / 4°8'9"W
OS Eastings: 272048
OS Northings: 846184
OS Grid: NH720461
Mapcode National: GBR J85X.S6F
Mapcode Global: WH4GJ.F2P4
Plus Code: 9C9QFVQ7+4H
Entry Name: Dovecot, Culloden House
Listing Name: Culloden House Dovecote
Listing Date: 5 October 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 343507
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB10953
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Culloden House Doocot
Culloden House, Dovecot
ID on this website: 200343507
Location: Inverness and Bona
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Culloden and Ardersier
Parish: Inverness And Bona
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
Tagged with: Dovecote
Circa 1788. Tall octagonal dovecote; pinned rubble, tooled
ashlar dressings. Centre ground floor entrance at S with
oval occulus above. 3 gablet dormers with timber fronts and
each with 17 flight holes and alighting ledges rise from
wallhead at SE, S and SW. Rat course encircles building
between lintel below occulus. Base course, long and short
angle detailing; facetted slate roof with apex finial.
Interior; circa 630 regular stone nesting boxes in regular
formation starting roughly 3' from ground level. Centre
potence tree stands on circular stone plinth slotted into
crossbeam at upper end. (No ladder survives).
Stands on mound by Culloden House stables. Centre potence
tree formerly supported revolving ladder to facilitate
examination of nests.
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