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rather similar to the Hutton example. Four- 

 teen tiers, the lowest two feet from the ground, 

 contain about fivehundrednests. Thepotence, 

 or a remnant of it, is in place, and presents an 

 unusual feature in being surrounded by a ledge 

 or shelf The purpose of this, if purpose there 

 were other than to provide a finish or orna- 

 ment, is hardly clear. 



A third octagonal dovecote will be found at 

 High Head Castle, near Carlisle. It is of very 

 modest size, the external measurement of each 

 wall being only seven feet four inches. The 

 lowest tier of nests, three feet above the ground, 

 is, as at Hutton, provided with a six-inch ledge 

 in front, in this case formed of very massive 

 stone. The building seems to be of early 

 eighteenth-century date. 



At Bunker's H ill is a very large circular dove- 

 cote, built of rubble stone, and visible from far. 

 The field in which it stands is known as Pigeon 

 Cote Field. The nests, numberingbetween five 

 and six hundred, are L-shaped, built of brick, 

 and arranged in fourteen tiers. The lowest 

 tier is at the unusual height of more than seven 

 feet above the floor; but the lower part of the 

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