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Latitude: 56.0159 / 56°0'57"N
Longitude: -3.8653 / 3°51'55"W
OS Eastings: 283812
OS Northings: 681904
OS Grid: NS838819
Mapcode National: GBR 1G.STVZ
Mapcode Global: WH4PT.L1KY
Entry Name: Hills of Dunipace, dovecote and remains of house 200m NE of
Scheduled Date: 27 April 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5378
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Secular: doocote, dovecote, pigeon loft
Location: Dunipace
County: Falkirk
Electoral Ward: Bonnybridge and Larbert
Traditional County: Stirlingshire
The monument consists of the remains of a 16th of 17th-century house which have been subsequently converted into a dovecote.
The structure is situated in a wooded area NE of Dunipace cemetry. All that survives of the house is an external roofless stair tower and a small portion of walling on the S containing an arched opening with a segmental head and a doorway above (both blocked). A large portion of the E side has fallen. The W exterior of the tower is partly octagonal with moulded string courses at first and second floor levels. Above this the tower is circular having been heightened when it was converted to a dovecote. The masonry is rubble with neatly squared dressings. Internally the tower has been lined with stone nests. There is a blocked entrance in the W wall.
The area to be scheduled is rectangular, measuring a maximum of 30m E-W by 20m N-S, as shown in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a fragment of a house of late medieval/early modern date which preserves evidence and has the potential to provide evidence through further excavation for domestic architecture, social organisation and material culture.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NS88SW 19.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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