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Dovecot, Culloden House

A Category B Listed Building in Culloden and Ardersier, Highland

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Coordinates

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

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Description

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).

Statement of Interest

Stands on mound by Culloden House stables. Centre potence

tree formerly supported revolving ladder to facilitate

examination of nests.

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