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Dovecote at Chirbury Hall Farm is a stone-built structure located in Shropshire, dating to the medieval period. The dovecote represents a form of agricultural architecture associated with manorial farms, serving the practical purpose of housing pigeons for food production and providing valuable manure for fertiliser. Constructed in stone, the building exhibits characteristics typical of medieval dovecotes, including apertures designed to allow access for the birds whilst protecting them from predators. As a scheduled monument, it remains significant evidence of medieval rural economy and the husbandry practices maintained on substantial farmsteads in the region.
Dovecote at Chirbury Hall Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003022. View the official record →
Dovecote at Chirbury Hall Farm is a stone-built structure located in Shropshire, dating to the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003022.
Dovecote at Chirbury Hall 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 1003022.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Offa's Dyke; Brompton Bridge section extending from Brompton Bridge to Mellington Hall Lodge (5.7 km), Offa's Dyke: Mellington Hall Section Extending from Mellington Hall Lodge to Lower Cwm (6.6 km), Pentre Camp (7.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Dovecote at Chirbury Hall 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 at Chirbury Hall Farm stands on Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.