Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Dovecote
Carrickfad, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrickfad
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.27520, -8.32722
- SMR number
- LE010-057----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in a slight N-S valley which opens out to the S, but the ground rises up almost immediately to the W, N and E. It is on the grounds of Newtown Manor, a large house that was built between 1835 and 1910 (OS 6-inch maps), but which is no longer extant. The pigeon house is a circular tower (ext. diam. 2.8m; int. diam. 1.8m; H c. 5m) with a doorway (Wth 0.8m; H 1.85m) at N. There was a floor 2.8m above ground level and there are eight tiers of pigeon-holes with brick divisions at the first floor with a large opening on the S side. The exterior is rendered with a string course over the ground floor and the first floor, and there are dainty crenellations on the parapet.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 14 April, 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.