BOOK OF DOVECOTES 



One of the best of Devonshire dovecotes 

 stands in an orchard of comparatively modern 

 growth at Pridhamsleigh, Ashburton. The 

 building, seemingly of Norman date, is circular 

 and built of stone. The height to the eaves is 

 fifteen feet, and the circumference more than 

 sixty. The domed roof, with a stone coping, has 

 in the centre a circular opening, two feet six 

 inches in diameter. The doorway, five feet high 

 and two feet broad, displays a pointed arch and 

 chamfered edges to the jambs; the walls are 

 three feet thick. Inside there are eleven tiers 

 of oblong nest-holes, about two hundred and 

 fifty in all. Only a few of the upper nests have 

 projectingslates as alighting-ledges. The build- 

 ing is much overgrown with ivy. 



Passing now to Cornwall, we find a dovecote 

 at the house of Garlenich, near Grampound. 

 The building, standingjust inside the entrance- 

 gate, is dated 17 14. It is of brick, octagonal, 

 with a thatched roof, and contains about two 

 hundred nests. The walls are twenty feet in 

 height to the eaves. 



Of much greater interest is the very ancient 

 **culvery," the local contraction for ''Culver- 

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