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by a small glazed cruciform window. But while 

 the western tower is entered by a small door 

 from inside the main building and is lined with 

 nests, the other is onlyaccessible by an external 

 door, has no communication with the dovecote, 

 and contains no nests. 



That the designer should construct two 

 towers for the sake of symmetry is easy to be 

 understood; less obvious is his reason for con- 

 necting one with the main building and insert- 

 ingnests,whileleavingtheother empty and cut 

 off. This dovecote thuspresents us with another 

 of those problems met with in our pilgrimage. 



In Perthshire a single example must suffice 

 us — one which atones for youth by its unusual 

 shape. It is the first sexagonal dovecote seen 

 since leaving the Herefordshire mansion of 

 Foxley,and dates from theeighteenth century. 

 It stands in the courtyard of Megginch Castle, 

 nearErrol,aseatoftheDrummondfamily. The 

 building is an upper story only, raised on six 

 pointed arches which enclose an open space. 

 The wide-eaved slated roof is of an ogee curve, 

 culminating in a point, above which is a ship as 

 weather-vane. The entrance forthe birds isbya 



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