Dovecot, Auchinvole Castle is a Grade C listed building in the East Dunbartonshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 May 1979. Dovecot.
Dovecot, Auchinvole Castle
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-rood-burdock
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- East Dunbartonshire
- Constituency
- Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch MP: Katrina Murray (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1979
- Type
- Dovecot
- OS grid reference
- NS 714 767
- Coordinates
- 55.96677, -4.06073
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Auchinvole Castle is a cylindrical structure featuring a moulded parapet cornice with pigeon holes. The original conical slate roof has been removed, and the building is currently in a derelict state.
Local climate
Dovecot, Auchinvole Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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