BOOK OF DOVECOTES 



but has some special features of its own. The 

 pigeons were accommodated on an upper floor; 

 the lower story, with a very massive vaulted 

 roof, is now used as a hen-house, but was prob- 

 ably intended for a store. 



The upper storyisoftwo compartments, each 

 originally furnished with aseparate door placed 

 eight feet from the ground. One of these doors 

 has been blocked up, an internal communic- 

 ation being made between the compartments. 

 Each is still lined with oblong nests, and each 

 has in its vaulted roof an aperture. This is a 

 very rare example of an upper story dovecote 

 being in two divisions. The building was con- 

 structed with unusual strength and obvious 

 care, the vaulting of both floors being specially 

 worthy of notice. 



From Drem station an undulating walk of 

 some three miles will bring us to the village of 

 Athelstaneford. On looking up the slope that 

 faces us as we descend the hill we see a dove- 

 cote on the right. 



It stands below the churchyard wall; a build- 

 ing about sixteen feet square, and seven feet 

 six inches high to the lower of its two string- 

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