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Latitude: 56.0144 / 56°0'51"N
Longitude: -3.5831 / 3°34'59"W
OS Eastings: 301401
OS Northings: 681289
OS Grid: NT014812
Mapcode National: GBR 1S.T4Z2
Mapcode Global: WH5R2.X3X4
Plus Code: 9C8R2C78+PQ
Entry Name: Dovecot, Grange House, Bridgeness, Bo'Ness
Listing Name: Bridgeness, Kinningars Park Dovecot Including Wall and Capped Pit Shaft
Listing Date: 25 November 1980
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 357882
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB22336
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Bo'ness, Bridgeness, Grange House, Dovecot
ID on this website: 200357882
Location: Bo'Ness
County: Falkirk
Town: Bo'Ness
Electoral Ward: Bo'ness and Blackness
Traditional County: West Lothian
Tagged with: Dovecote
Possibly late 17th century to early 18th century large lectern type rectangular plan dovecot with 18th to 19th century alterations to form housing for winding engine for nearby mining shaft. Rubble sandstone with red brick patching. Large round-arched openings to N and S. Tall slender round-arched opening to W.
INTERIOR: upper part has 415 brick nest boxes resting on stone slabs.
WALL AND CAPPED PIT SHAFT: section of rubble wall to S. Low circular sandstone rubble capped pit shaft with brick infill and flat concrete cap to W.
Important both as an impressive large dovecot which serves as a landmark in what is now Kinningars Park and as part of Bo'ness' mining history. It was the dovecot for Old Grange House, seat of the Cadells, which originally stood some distance to the W. New Grange House (now much altered) to the N had its own dovecot (no longer extant) as shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map. The dovecot was altered to form a convenient housing for winding engine gear for the adjacent mine of which the capped pit shaft remains. This extra function was probably redundant by the 1850s. On the 1st edition map it is cited as a 'Dove Cot' and the shaft as an 'Old Pit'.
Category changed from C(S) to B, 23 March 2006.
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