Dovecot, Mains Of Edzell is a Grade A listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Castle, doocot.
Dovecot, Mains Of Edzell
- WRENN ID
- keen-zinc-crow
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- Castle, doocot
- OS grid reference
- NO 588 690
- Coordinates
- 56.81138, -2.6753
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Mains of Edzell is a square plan structure built from rubble and white-washed. It features turrets at diagonally opposite corners, although the roofs have been swept away. On the west face, there is a doorway with a panel above it, and a moulding that runs around the entire structure. There are also ruins of a later northern compartment that was built at an angle to the original dovecot. This building likely dates back to around 1600.
Local climate
Dovecot, Mains Of Edzell sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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