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Dovecote, Pigeon House, Culverhouse, Doocot (Scottish)
- pigeons have been a source of food and fertiliser since the bronze age.

 


Potence(Scots): Rotating ladder for access to nesting boxes in a doocot (dovecote).Pound lock(canals): A chamber with gates at each end allowing boats to float from one level to another. Successor to the flash lock.

dovecote (doocot in scotland)A Dovecote is a building in which doves are kept for food (eggs and meat).

See also: Classical, Roman, Masonry, Portico, Well

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