What is recorded here
Annotated ‘Pigeon Ho.’ on the first edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map where it is shown standing on the townland boundary with Doddsborough. Dovecote appears to have stood on the SE corner of a formal garden associated with a ‘School Ho. for Glergymen's Sons' (Spa Restaurant) as shown on the first edition of the OS six-inch map. Now located on the grounds of the Spa Hotel.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU017-113
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Gdonlon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- jwd, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- EecherplazGinkgo06.jpg : Cayambe derivative work: Ginkgotree ( talk ), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- The British Library, Wikimedia Commons · No restrictions
- Edge977, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mike Murphy ( talk · contribs ), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Harold Strong, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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