What is recorded here
Craigston Castle, Dovecote stands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, a small tower built to house pigeons rather than people. Its unassigned period and precise location suggest it belonged to a castle kitchen, feeding lords with meat and droppings that enriched nearby fields. The structure may have chimed with wings at dawn, filling the valley with life before humans woke.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Craigston Castle, Dovecote as Dovecot (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Craigston Castle, Dovecote is part of a historic estate associated with the Keith family, who held the lands of Craigston in the 16th century. The dovecote is remembered as an example of a well-preserved Scottish medieval dovecote, reflecting the agricultural and social practices of the period.
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Places near here
Craigston CastleCountry House (18th Century), Tower House (early 17th Century) · 136 yd
Craigston Castle, South LodgeLodge (period Unassigned) · 397 yd
FintryFarmhouse (period Unassigned) · 631 yd
South MainsRoundhouse (prehistoric) · 853 yd
Milltown of CraigstonPit(s) (period Unassigned), Man-made underground passage (iron Age) · 1003 yd
Wood of WraeWood · 2.7 mi
Delgatie CastleCastle (medieval), Tower House (16th Century) · 2.8 mi
George and Ann Thomson Memorial FountainMemorial · 2.8 mi
Backhill of FoulzieNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.7 mi
New Byth, CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 3.7 mi
Cottown WoodForest · 4.7 mi
Mains of AuchinbadieNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 5.0 mi