SCOTLAND 



apair of eighteenth century dovecotesat Acker- 

 gill Tower, Wick, oblong, with lean-to roofs. 

 Calling for more detailed notice is the interest- 

 ing oblong dovecote of two compartments in 

 the ''policy" of Forse House, Latheron. It is 

 twenty-eight feet long by sixteen broad, the 

 main wallbeing twenty-five feet high. Thelean- 

 toroof isbroken into two planes half-waydown, 

 twosetsofentrance-holesbeing placed beneath 

 the upper slope. The crow-stepped gable- walls 

 have balls as ornaments, while in the middle of 

 the higher wall is athistle. Finally, the arrange- 

 ment of thestring-courses is somewhat unusual, 

 there beingthreeonthemainwall,two upon the 

 sides, and one in front. 



Now coming south as far as Forfarshire, an 

 unusual dovecote awaits us in the policies of 

 Pitmuies,amansion nearGuthrie. Isitperhaps 

 needful to inform the English reader that the 

 Scottish ''policy," or "policies," is what the 

 southron calls a park? By a "grass park" the 

 Scotsman means a piece of meadow-land. 



The Pitmuies dovecote stands among trees 

 beside the Vinny burn. The form of the main 

 building differs from many other Scottish ex- 



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