Dovecot, Ballindalloch Castle

This is a substantial, south-facing dovecot dated 1696, located at Ballindalloch Castle. The dovecot is rectangular and constructed of harl-pointed rubble with tooled rubble margins. A central door is present, with a small datestone positioned above it. There’s a pair of square flightholes above the upper rat course (the lower course is missing), and further flightholes in the west gable. The roof is piended and clad in Banffshire slate, with a later weatherboard ridge cupola featuring 16 small flightholes and a pyramidal slate roof.

The interior is divided into two chambers and lined with 844 stone slab nesting boxes. A datestone inscribed with the letter "B" is also present. The dovecot was upgraded from a B-listed building to an A-listed building on 9 November 1987. Further information can be found in Elizabeth Beaton’s “The Doocots of Moray” (1978), page 5.