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Latitude: 57.6484 / 57°38'54"N
Longitude: -3.0079 / 3°0'28"W
OS Eastings: 339936
OS Northings: 862495
OS Grid: NJ399624
Mapcode National: GBR L8YH.SXX
Mapcode Global: WH7KP.R1V0
Plus Code: 9C9RJXXR+8R
Entry Name: Dovecot, Leitcheston
Listing Name: Leitcheston Dovecot
Listing Date: 22 February 1972
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 349183
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB15540
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Leitcheston, Dovecot
ID on this website: 200349183
Location: Rathven
County: Moray
Electoral Ward: Fochabers Lhanbryde
Parish: Rathven
Traditional County: Banffshire
Tagged with: Dovecote
17th century lectern dovecot. Heavily pointed rubble, tooled
rubble and tooled ashlar dressings. S facing; off-centre low
door with roll-moulded door jambs. 3 rear rat courses return
around E and W gables; 3 diamond shaped vents in each gable;
4 small swept dormer flight holes. Tooled rubble crowsteps;
local slate roof.
INTERIOR: interior divided into 4 small inter-communicating
compartments with 660 stone nesting boxes overall.
Built to serve the Leitcheston estate, the present house
replacing an earlier dwelling.
Very unusual plan form; the sub-division of the interior
increases the wallspace and nesting boxes, thus increasing
the number of birds that could be accommodated. Only known
example of 4-chambered dovecot in north of Scotland.
Change of Category B to A, 25.4.89.
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