BOOK OF DOVECOTES 



Simple and homely, the Tantallon dovecote 

 has a beauty of its own; for its old roof is grass- 

 grown, and upon its crumbling string-course 

 blooms the gorse. It is of two compartments, 

 one still showing all its nests intact, while in the 

 other only those which lined one wall remain. 

 Each chamber has an oblong opening in the 

 roof The building is some five and twenty feet 

 in length by seventeen feet broad. A rather 

 unusual feature is that the two doors are not, 

 as usual, side by side, that of one chamber be- 

 ing at the end. 



There is a good dovecote of similar form in 

 the neighbouring town of North Berwick, near 

 the station; another in a field below the Law; 

 but neither need detain us long. Passing west, 

 we come, after a walk of two miles, to Dirle- 

 ton, a really picturesque Scottish village, where 

 the old gardens of the castle, with a splendid 

 holly hedge as one of their attractions, should 

 be seen. The dovecote built into the castle's 

 garden wall is best viewed from the village 

 green. 



It is a good example, circular, and buttressed 

 to a point some half-way up. There are three 

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