
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Colinton Road, Colinton Castle, Dovecot as Dovecot (17th 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.
Colinton Castle, including its dovecot, was built in the 17th century, likely by a local landowning family, though specific builders are not recorded. The dovecot is important as an example of early Scottish domestic architecture and the role of dovecots in supplying food for aristocratic households.
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Places near here
Edinburgh, Colinton, Westgarth Avenue, St Cuthbert's Episcopal Church, Burial GroundBurial Ground (19th Century) · 123 yd
Edinburgh, Colinton, Thorburn Road, Elliot CottageCottage (period Unassigned) · 181 yd
ColintonWatermill (period Unassigned) · 184 yd
Colinton Parish ChurchChurch, cross or graveyard · 187 yd
Millennium Milepost ColintonVisitor information · 698 yd
Hailes WoodlandWood · 754 yd
Edinburgh, Colinton Road, Merchiston Castle School, LodgeGardeners Lodge (period Unassigned) · 786 yd
Covenanters WoodWood · 1008 yd
Redford WoodVisitor information · 1189 yd
Redhall CastleArmorial Panel (16th Century), Castle (medieval), Dovecot (18th Century) · 1232 yd
GrottoHeritage attraction · 1455 yd
Dreghorn BarracksNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1469 ydOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0