Boath Doocot
| Boath Doocot | |
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 Boath Doocot | |
| Grid reference: | NH91725562 |
| Location: | 57°34’40"N, 3°48’44"W |
| Address: | Doocot Road |
| Built 17th century | |
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Boath Doocot is a 17th-century dovecote built on the site of an ancient castle motte in Auldearn in Nairnshire. It overlooks the site of the Battle of Auldearn, which took place in 1645.
The box is 25 feet tall, and contains 515 nesting boxes within its walls. In its day, it provided food for the estate of the Dunbar family.
The mound or motte, Dooket Hill, is all that remains of the Old Castle of Eren, built in 1180 by King William I and still in use in the early 1300s.
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