What is recorded here

Dundas Castle, Dovecot stands in the City of Edinburgh as an 18th Century building, though the main castle has vanished from memory. The dovecot remains because birds still need holes and people still need eggs. It is a small anchor in a city that constantly rewrites itself.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dundas Castle, Dovecot as Dovecot (18th Century). 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.

Dundas Castle, Dovecot was built in the 18th century, likely by the Dundas family, a prominent Scottish landowning family. It is remembered as an example of early dovecot architecture associated with historic estates in Scotland.

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