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Dovecote 240m east of Home Farm is a stone-built dovecote located near Laxton in Nottinghamshire, England. The structure dates from the medieval or early modern period and represents the type of specialist agricultural building that would have been associated with a manorial holding. Dovecotes of this kind served the practical purpose of providing a controlled environment for keeping pigeons, whose meat and eggs formed a valuable protein source for the household, whilst their droppings were prized as fertiliser. The building survives as a testament to the organised husbandry practices of its period and remains a notable example of rural heritage architecture in the county.
Dovecote 240m east of Home Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020173. View the official record →
Dovecote 240m east of Home Farm is a stone-built dovecote located near Laxton in Nottinghamshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020173.
Dovecote 240m east of Home Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1020173.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval village including monastic college, chapel, moat, fishponds, dovecote and open field system 200m south of Manor Farm (2.1 km), Two moats and five fishponds at Top Green (2.7 km), Minor Romano-British villa, moat and associated medieval manorial and village earthworks, including six fishponds (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Dovecote 240m east of Home Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Dovecote 240m east of Home Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.