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Dovecote 60m north of St George's Church is a stone-built dovecote situated near the parish church in Somerset. The structure dates from the medieval or early post-medieval period and represents a functional agricultural building of the type that served manorial estates by housing domestic pigeons for food production and their valuable droppings used as fertiliser. The dovecote survives as a substantial stone structure, typical of the regional building traditions of southwest England. Such structures demonstrate the importance of pigeon husbandry to the medieval and early modern rural economy, and this example retains archaeological and architectural interest as evidence of historical farming practices and domestic provisioning in the locality.
Dovecote 60m north of St George's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020408. View the official record →
Dovecote 60m north of St George's Church is a stone-built dovecote situated near the parish church in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020408.
Dovecote 60m north of St George's Church 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 1020408.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Leather Barrow (8.2 km), Wiveliscombe Barrow (9 km), Bowl barrow 700m north east of Burrow Farm (9.4 km).
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