Dovecot, Freswick Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 April 1971. Dovecote.
Dovecot, Freswick Castle
- WRENN ID
- little-remnant-plover
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 13 April 1971
- Type
- Dovecote
- OS grid reference
- ND 376 670
- Coordinates
- 58.58728, -3.07337
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Freswick Castle is a 17th-century rubble beehive cote. It has four stages that are defined by rat courses and features a circular apex flighthole. The original entrance is located on the east side of the cote, while a later addition is a tall narrow doorway on the southwest side. The tapering interior is lined with stone boxes that extend from the floor to the apex. The stone boxes up to a height of approximately 6 feet (1.83 meters) are blocked and show signs of being smoke blackened.
Local climate
Dovecot, Freswick Castle receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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