Scheduled Monument
Pitreavie House dovecoteSM90241
Status: Removed
Documents
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The legal document available for download below constitutes the formal designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The additional details provided on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not form part of the designation. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within this additional information.
Summary
- Date Added
- 30/11/1981
- Last Date Amended
- 01/12/2000
- Date Removed:
- 03/11/2017
- Type
- Secular: doocote, dovecote, pigeon loft
- Local Authority
- Fife
- Parish
- Dunfermline
- NGR
- NT 11846 84896
- Coordinates
- 311846, 684896
Removal Reason
The dovecote is a roofed structure that requires routine maintenance and listing is the more appropriate designation to recognise its significance and allow for its maintenance and upkeep.
Description
The monument consists of a simple rectangular dovecote of lectern type, to the north-east of Pitreavie House, which it was built to serve. It probably dates from the seventeenth century.
The rubble stone walls are harled, and there is a single doorway at the centre of the south wall. A rat course runs around the building at a height governed by the wall head on the south side. The restored single-pitch roof is slated and set within crowsteps to the half-gables on the west and east sides; there are pigeon holes at mid-height.
Since 1964 the monument has been deemed to be in state care as departmental property through agreement with the Ministry of Defence, but the estate is in process of being sold and it seems likely that it will be deemed to be no longer in state care once this has been done.
The area to be scheduled is confined to the area of the dovecote itself, and an area 1m around it, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Statement of National Importance
The monument is of national importance as a fine and well-preserved example of a dovecote associated with a major laird's house.
References
Bibliography
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