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Aberdour, Fifeshire
Skene, James, 1815, Watercolour
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Aberdour, Fifeshire
Aberdour, Fifeshire
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15053
Title
Aberdour, Fifeshire
Description
A small road leads through a number of trees to the remains of a large defensive structure. Two men, wearing hats, stand at the base of a large tree near a tall conical-shaped dovecot. Another group of men stand in the distance next to the castle remains.
Artist / maker
Skene, James
Date
1815
Size
24.5 x 36 cm
Type
Watercolour
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The dovecot at Aberdour was built in the 16th century and is an unsual bee-hive shape. It still contains over 600 stone nesting boxes.
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