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Dovecote 60m north of Place Manor Cottage is a medieval stone building located in Berkshire, England. The structure dates from the medieval period and represents an example of agricultural ancillary architecture typical of manor estates, serving the practical purpose of housing pigeons for food production and manure collection. The dovecote survives as a testament to the organised husbandry practices of medieval landholding, when such buildings were valued components of the manorial economy. The monument is registered on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1020920.
Dovecote 60m north of Place Manor Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020920. View the official record →
Dovecote 60m north of Place Manor Cottage is a medieval stone building located in Berkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020920.
Dovecote 60m north of Place Manor Cottage 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 1020920.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Grim's Ditch: two sections in Portobello Wood, Holies Shaw and High Holies Wood Gap (1.4 km), Dovecote at Manor Farm, South Stoke (2.9 km), Grim's Ditch: section 1 mile long E from Southfield Shaw to Streatley parish boundary (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Dovecote 60m north of Place Manor Cottage'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 60m north of Place Manor Cottage stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.