Location
Banff, near Sandyhill Road
Banff, Banffshire
OS Map Reference
NJ 681 633
Date
18th century
Description
Hexagonal shaped dovecote in a fair state of preservation, interior is circular with nesting boxes all round and reaching to roof height. A battlement parapet which was probably added when the old Mercat Cross was erected on it in 1768 until 1900, probably contemporary with Duff House. Stands on the hilltop above the Deveron valley and Duff House as a folly and ornament to the landscape. Until the 1980s the dovecote stood in a field, now it is largely built over with modern residential development.Dovecote appears on John Clerk's topographical print of Banff, 1826
Era
1700s
Information Source
Aberdeenshire Council Sites and Monuments Records site ref:NJ66SE0030
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