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Dovecote


Dovecotes are structures built to house pigeons or doves and contain pigeonholes for the birds to nest. It is thought that dovecotes were introduced to Britain by the Normans, though there is some evidence that the Romans also had buildings with pigeon holes. In the past pigeons and doves were an important source of food and were kept for their eggs, meat, and their dung was used for fertilizer.

Buildings Dovecote, Guisborough Priory Dovecote, Beal Dovecote Dovecote - henhouse, East Bolton Dovecote, Sunny Brae Dovecote, Gainford Hall Dovecote nr Old Vicarage Haggerston Dovecote Monk Farm Summer House and Dovecote, Wester Hall The Ducket, Outchester Farm Dovecote nr Thorneyburn Pigeon Racing Bantam Folly, Belsay Dovecote Dovecote, Buckton Dovecote, Haugh Head
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Dovecote, Guisborough Priory

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Sunny Brae Dovecote, Embleton

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Sunny Brae Dovecote, Embleton

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Durham Dales: Gainford dovecot

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Dovecote, Guisborough Priory
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Dovecote, Guisborough Priory
Dovecote, Gainford Hall
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Dovecote, Gainford Hall
Dovecote, Sunny Brae
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Dovecote, Sunny Brae
Dovecote nr Old Vicarage
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Dovecote nr Old Vicarage
Pigeon Racing
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Pigeon Racing
Dovecote, Haugh Head
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Dovecote, Haugh Head
- Overview Map Street View There is a 2 storey hexagonal dovecote on high ground a 100 yards from Surrey House in Haugh Head, near Wooler in Northumberland. It was built …
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No Doos!

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The Ducket, Outchester Farm
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The Ducket, Outchester Farm
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Dovecote
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Dovecote
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Dovecote : Barforth.

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Haggerston Dovecote
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Haggerston Dovecote
- Overview Map Street View This round stone dovecote is located a quarter mile west of Haggerston Castle in Northumberland. It is thought to have been originally been built as a …
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Dovecot, Haggerston

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Haggerston Dovecote

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Dovecote, Buckton
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Dovecote, Buckton
- Overview Map Street View To the north of Buckton in Northumberland are the well remains of a late medieval/early post-medieval dovecote, which was first documented in 1626.[1] The dovecote has …
Dovecote, Beal
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Dovecote, Beal
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Dovecote at Kimmerston Farm

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Kimmerston farm steading and doocot

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Dovecote
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Dovecote
- There is a 16th/17th century dovecote at Bamburgh. The dovecote is Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England.
Bantam Folly, Belsay
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Bantam Folly, Belsay
- Bantam Folly, near Belsay Castle, are farm buildings, built in c.1757 for Sir William Middleton. The buildings were designed to provide a landscape feature; until the mid-20th Century, the folly …
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Dovecote - henhouse, East Bolton
- There is an unusual combined dovecote and henhouse at East Bolton. The lower part of dovecote has stone wall boxes for hens, the upper part smaller boxes for pigeons. It is …
Monk Farm
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Monk Farm
- Overview Map The Monk Farm stands on the east side of the valley of the River West Allen in Northumberland, at the head of a steep slope. It is about …

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