Tealing Doocot
Tealing Doocot ( English : Dovecote) is a dovecote near Tealing House in County Angus in Scotland . The structure is protected as a Scheduled Monument .
Doocots were once common in much of Scotland and were mostly built as round, beehive-like or square buildings with a pent roof. Tealing is therefore unusual in its form. The purpose of the Doocots was to provide the property with fresh meat and eggs, especially in winter. The manure was used as manure or in the production of lime mortar. The birds feed in the surrounding countryside, which often caused conflicts with neighbors. They lived in nest boxes that were on the inside walls of the doocots.
Tealing Doocot was built in 1595 by Sir David Maxwell. He left no doubt that the dovecote was not planned as a simple farm building. Doocots went increasingly out of use in the 18th century. The Tealing basement is nearby .
See also
Individual evidence
literature
- Wolfram Kleiss and Liselotte Soltani: Pigeon houses in Germany and Europe. Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2006
- Jean and Peter Hansell: Doves and Dovecotes and A Dovecote Heritage. Millstream Press, 1988, ISBN 0-948975-11-3
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Coordinates: 56 ° 31 '53.6 " N , 2 ° 57' 22.3" W.