Scheduled MonumentsEnglandDovecote 600m east of Home Farm

Dovecote 600m east of Home Farm

England
List entry 1016950
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016950
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SK 54718 34841
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Dovecote 600m east of Home Farm is a stone-built structure located in Nottinghamshire, England, and is listed on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1016950. The building dates from the medieval or early post-medieval period and represents the agricultural infrastructure typical of estate management during this era. Dovecotes served the practical purpose of providing a reliable source of fresh meat and eggs, whilst also functioning as a status symbol for landowners who possessed the legal right to maintain them. The structure survives as evidence of the farming practices and social hierarchies that characterised the English countryside during the medieval and early modern periods.

Dovecote 600m east of Home Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016950. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Dovecote 600m east of Home Farm?

Dovecote 600m east of Home Farm is a stone-built structure located in Nottinghamshire, England, and is listed on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1016950. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016950.

Who is responsible for protecting Dovecote 600m east of Home Farm?

Dovecote 600m 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 1016950.

What other scheduled monuments are near Dovecote 600m east of Home Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Fishponds 90m south east St Mary's Church (2.9 km), Dovecote at Manor Farm (3.2 km), Romano-British nucleated enclosed settlement and Roman villa complex at Glebe Farm (3.7 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Dovecote 600m east of Home Farm

Dovecote 600m east of Home Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.