What is recorded here

East Orchard Castle, Dovecote stands in the Vale of Glamorgan as a Post Medieval structure still tied to the castle estate. Rows of small holes may have held doves for feast tables or tax payments, turning birdkeeping into a visible sign of local power. The castle kept people busy feeding, cleaning and counting birds, while the doves flew home at dusk like a living clock.

The National Monuments Record of Wales records East Orchard Castle, Dovecote as Dovecote from the Post Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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