Scottish doocots
Buxbaum, Tim1987
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On many Scottish estates a dovecote (or doocot) can be found. It may be disguised as a classical temple, transformed into a cottage or incorporated into a cupola, but many doocots are more humble structures of random rubble with simple dressings that date from medieval times, when pigeons and their eggs were a valuable source of food, while their dung was used for fertiliser and even gunpowder. This book traces the development of simple beehive and lectern pigeonhouses into increasingly elaborate architectural structures associated with pioneering agricultural improvements, the enclosure of estates, and the design of pleasure grounds
Main title:
Scottish doocots / Tim Buxbaum.
Author:
Imprint:
Princes Risborough : Shire, 1987.
Collation:
[32] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Series title:
Shire albums ; 190
Notes:
Includes bibliography.
ISBN:
08526384859780852638484
Dewey class:
636.596728.92709411636.596631.22728.2190728.9209728.9728.92711
LC class:
DA770
Local class:
636.5960941728.92F/ANTLH78.4 BUX
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
ScotlandPigeon loftsto 1980DovecotsWest Meikle PinkertonSpott HouseLuffness HousePhantassieTantallon CastlePinkie HouseJohnstounburn HouseHuntington HouseElvingstonOrmiston HouseColstoun HouseBoltonKeith MarischalSaltoun HallStenton Church TowerAmisfield
BRN:
272445
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