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Freswick Castle, Dovecot

Dovecot (period Unassigned)

What is recorded here

Freswick Castle, Dovecot stands in Highland, Scotland, a purpose-built pigeon house beside a larger estate. Its unassigned period and precise location suggest it served a household that valued self-sufficiency, beauty, or control over its own food supply. The dovecot may have fed kitchens, symbolised status, or simply gave men and women a quiet place to watch birds return at dusk.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Freswick Castle, Dovecot as Dovecot (period Unassigned). 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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