Dovecot, Leuchars Castle is a Grade A listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 October 1973.

Dovecot, Leuchars Castle

WRENN ID
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Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 October 1973
OS grid reference
NO 452 219
Coordinates
56.38632, -2.88889
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The doocot, dated 1661, is a circular pigeon house constructed with two horizontal bands of stone courses, with the lower courses stepped over an armorial panel that is now missing. The structure corbelled upwards to form a square base supporting a pyramidal roof, likely added later, which is now in a state of disrepair. The doocot is built of stone boxes. A similar doocot previously stood at South Dron, but has since been demolished. Reference is made to Inv 402 for further details.

Local climate

Dovecot, Leuchars Castle receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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