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printed in a magazine some years ago, in which 

 it is described as the "monks' barn" — an obvious- 

 ly erroneous account of a building at once cir- 

 cular and small. Then follows a correspondent 

 who, while not supporting this theory, suggests 

 that it was always what it is to-day; namely a 

 store-house, or, as an alternative, a "game 

 kitchen." 



But doubt is seemingly dispelled bythe pre- 

 sent tenant of the farm, who, in a description 

 of the building which is both minute and clear, 

 states that though many of the original nest- 

 holes are blocked up, some still remain and 

 others can be traced. They had an entrance 

 six or seven inches square, and enlarged in- 

 wards. 



This seems conclusive, and the Stogursey 

 dovecote is, in consequence, entitled to admis- 

 sion here. 



An interesting dovecote stands in the church- 

 yard of Norton-sub-Hamdon. It was a manorial, 

 not a clerical appurtenance, formerly standing 

 in a field, and only assuming its present position 

 when the churchyard was enlarged some years 

 ago. 

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