Description:
Dovecote recently reed-thatched: iron measurements:- circumference:57' wall ht: 16.5' wall thickness 3'. For further details see 'Medieval Dovecotes in Notts' by J Whittaker (1927).
The dovecote dates back to the medieval period. Inside it was honeycombed with nests, and there might have been have been a ladder arrangement in the centre which revolved on a central spindle, from which the pigeon holes might be reached.