Brown plaque № 59559

This brown commemorative plaque records: Tealing House Dovecot. This Dovecot was built in 1595 it bears on a gable stone the arms and initials of Sir David Maxwell of Tealing, and on the door lintel his monogram with that of Helen his wife. This is a fine example of the many large dovecots which still survive in Scotland. In the Middle Ages the building of dovecots was encouraged by Act of Parliament but by the Seventeenth Century pigeons had become so numerous and destructive that they had to be restricted. Cared for by Historic Scotland. Recorded plaque organisation: Historic Scotland.

Tealing House Dovecot, built in 1595, is a fine example of Scottish dovecots, reflecting medieval legislation that encouraged their construction until the Seventeenth Century when pigeons were deemed too destructive and needed to be restricted.