104 Old Dovecots {Scotland). [Sess. 



and the other belonging to the Castle of Eosyth, near Inver- 

 keithing." 



'Pentland Walks/ 1908.— " Eedhall. South from Slate- 

 ford is Eedhall, the history of which goes back to 1375, when 

 the Barony of Eedhall, with the exception of Dreghorn and 

 Woodhall, was conveyed to Eobert, son of Eobert II,, who 

 afterwards became Duke of Albany. It passed in the six- 

 teenth century to Sir Adam Otterburn, whose arms — an 

 otter's head, a crest, and two wyverns for supporters — 

 appear on the old pigeon-house." 



Ehind's ' Picturesque Guide to Edinburgh and Environs ' 

 (no date). " Penicuik House. Behind them [the house 

 offices] is a pigeon-house, which exactly represents the cele- 

 brated antiquity in Stirlingshire — Arthur's Oven. Upon an 

 eminence eastward is a round tower, which is seen at a great 

 distance." 



' Edinburgh and its Vicinity ' (Willox). — " On the lawn, at 

 a little distance from the house, is a tall massive tower, which 

 forms a prominent landmark from all parts of the surrounding 

 country, and close by it is a remarkable dome-shaped struc- 

 ture built exactly on the model of a similar erection which 

 existed in the neighbourhood of Ealkirk, and was known by 

 the name of Arthur's Oon or Oven: that at Falkirk was 

 unquestionably of Eoman origin, and much regret has been 

 expressed for its destruction, which was effected about the 

 end of last century" (1743, Nimmo, Stirlingshire). 



" Old pigeon - house at Corstorphine. — The pigeon - house 

 still stands between the railway and the village, close beside 

 a sycamore -tree. It is regarded by the rustic population 

 with a sort of mysterious awe, occasioned by the gloomy 

 tradition connected with the history of the locality." 



'A Mid-Lothian Village — Corstorphine' (Selway, 1890). — 

 " The pigeon - house, or dovecot as it is generally called, is 

 immediately to the west of a plane-tree, and resembles other 

 buildings of its character built in the sixteenth and seven- 

 teenth centuries. It is a fine specimen of a circular dovecot, 

 with entrance from the north (that is the door — there are 

 " exits " facing the south), and built to accommodate over 

 1000 birds, and is, considering its exposed situation, in very 

 good preservation. These buildings were formerly considered 



