Dovecote from Ballybeg East
The Dovecote of Ballybeg East belonged to the Ballybeg Monastery in the townland of Ballybeg East ( Irish An Baile Beag Thoir ) south of Buttevant in County Cork in Ireland .
The columbarium is housed in a round tower that is about 8.5 m high and has an inside diameter of about 4.75 m, so that the walls are about 1.12 m thick. Inside there are eleven rows of nest boxes, each row has 32 boxes. Above this, the interior tapers like a cantilever vault to a small opening that allows birds to enter. The Ballybeg dovecote is one of the finest examples of its kind.
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Coordinates: 52 ° 13 ′ 9.6 " N , 8 ° 40 ′ 8.3" W.