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Dovecote at High House, Purfleet is a brick-built dovecote of seventeenth-century date. The structure represents a functional agricultural building type common to substantial Essex farmsteads of the early modern period, serving the practical purpose of housing domesticated pigeons for meat and fertiliser production. The dovecote's brick construction and surviving architectural details reflect the building practices and material culture of its era, contributing to the understanding of rural domestic economy in Essex during the seventeenth century.
Dovecote at High House, Purfleet is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017234. View the official record →
Dovecote at High House, Purfleet is a brick-built dovecote of seventeenth-century date. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017234.
Dovecote at High House, Purfleet 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 1017234.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Darenth Park (5.1 km), Medieval woodland boundary in Darenth Wood (5.7 km), Palaeolithic sites near Baker's Hole (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Dovecote at High House, Purfleet'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 High House, Purfleet stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.