What is recorded here

Farnell Castle in Angus kept a possible 16th-century dovecot beside its main halls, a small tower where pigeons may have roosted above the estate. The birds likely filled the castle kitchens with meat and oil, while their dung enriched gardens below. A dovecot was not decoration; it was a working engine of food, patience and pride. Even if the castle fell into shadow, the dovecot still points to a household that measured wealth in living things rather than gold.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Farnell Castle, Dovecot as Dovecot (16th Century)(possible). 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.

Farnell Castle, Dovecot is a 16th-century structure associated with the Farnell family of that period in Scotland. It is remembered as an example of early Scottish domestic architecture and as part of the historic landscape of the region.

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