Dovecot, Naughton Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 August 1973. Doocot.
Dovecot, Naughton Castle
- WRENN ID
- standing-granite-cream
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Fife
- Constituency
- North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 August 1973
- Type
- Doocot
- OS grid reference
- NO 372 246
- Coordinates
- 56.41023, -3.01857
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Naughton Castle, dated around 1750, is a large rectangular double chamber structure with a lean-to design and crow-stepped flanks. It is built from rubble and features twin entrances, with the eastern door having chamfered arrises, which may be reused elements. The roof is slated and includes a line of pigeon entrances located one-third of the way up.
Local climate
Dovecot, Naughton Castle receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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