Dovecot, Dingwall Castle, Castle Street, Dingwall is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 October 1978. Dovecote.

Dovecot, Dingwall Castle, Castle Street, Dingwall

WRENN ID
western-storey-amber
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
6 October 1978
Type
Dovecote
OS grid reference
NH 552 589
Coordinates
57.59717, -4.4233
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Dovecot at Dingwall Castle, located on Castle Street, dates from around 1825. This squat, two-stage, crenellated octagonal folly dovecote is constructed from red ashlar sandstone. It features entrances on the north side at both the ground and first floors. The ground floor has blind cruciform arrow loops, while the first stage has round-headed openings on each face, which are blind to the north and east. Inside, there are 27 nesting boxes and a small fireplace on the ground floor.

Local climate

Dovecot, Dingwall Castle, Castle Street, Dingwall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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