Site of Dovecote 100m SW of Watergall Manor House

Description of this historic site

An earthwork that may be the site of a dovecote, a building used for the breeding and housing of doves and pigeons. It would date to the Post Medieval period, and is shown on an eighteenth century map. It is situated south west of the Manor Farm at Watergall.

Notes about this historic site

1 A mound at the N end of the deserted settlement probably denotes the dove house that is marked on a map of 1722.
3 Plan.

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