Corstorphine Dovecot

Category

Library Item

Item no

54427

Title

Corstorphine Dovecot

Artist / maker

Wilkie, Kathleen

Date

2024

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Copyright

Kathleen Wilkie

Corstorphine Dovecot was built in the 1500s as part of the Corstorphine Castle estate. The castle was built by Sir Adam Forrester between 1375 and 1405, and mostly demolished in about 1797. Nothing of the castle remains today, and its grounds are covered by modern housing.

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