Mounthooly Doocot

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Mounthooly Doocot by Anne Burgess as part of the Geograph project.

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Mounthooly Doocot

Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 20 Jan 2017

Although universally described as a doocot, this surely looks too elaborate to be just for pigeons? It has the date 1800 above one window, but the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland declines to assign it to a period. See https://canmore.org.uk/site/20788/craigiefold-mounthooley-dovecot

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Image Location

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Latitude
57.683245
Longitude
-2.127938