What is recorded here

Inveraray Castle Estate, Carloonan, Dovecot is an 18th Century dovecot in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It stands as a rare surviving structure from the 18th Century, a time when castle estates relied on dovecots to feed their households. The building may have been crowded with pigeons, their wings beating the air and their droppings staining the stone. It is a place of practical purpose, not decoration, and its survival is a testament to the endurance of such structures.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Inveraray Castle Estate, Carloonan, 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.

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