Dovecot And Steading Remains, Tarradale Mains is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 August 1983. Dovecote.
Dovecot And Steading Remains, Tarradale Mains
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-slate-hawthorn
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1983
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- NH 555 492
- Coordinates
- 57.51048, -4.41337
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The remains of a dovecot and steading at Tarradale Mains date back to the late 18th century. The structure features an octagonal tower built on a square base, which includes a round-headed archway leading to the former farm square. The exterior is constructed from pointed rubble with ashlar dressings. There are six flight holes grouped in the center of the south wall, and the entrance is located at the center rear. The building has a plain eaves cornice and an octagonal ogee slate roof topped with a central fish wind vane, although the direction pointers are missing.
Inside, the dovecot contains nesting boxes and a central tree of potence, which is a revolving ladder. The structure is flanked by coped rubble walls.
Local climate
Dovecot And Steading Remains, Tarradale Mains sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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