Dovecot, Abercairny is a Grade B listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Doocot.
Dovecot, Abercairny
- WRENN ID
- stony-corbel-sorrel
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Constituency
- Perth and Kinross-shire MP: Pete Wishart (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Doocot
- OS grid reference
- NN 904 226
- Coordinates
- 56.38356, -3.77612
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dovecot at Abercairny is a tall rectangular lean-to structure built from rubble. It features two semi-circular windows on the south face and contains nesting boxes inside. Although it is overgrown, it remains very complete and is likely from the 17th century.
Local climate
Dovecot, Abercairny sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 70 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% 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 0.3°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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