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The site also includes a rare 16th Century beehive-shaped dovecot and a private chapel.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

The dovecot and the great barn, the red apples in the orchard, the mill-pool and the grey mill, he could almost put his hand out on them.

From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard

At the lower end is a soldier, a tiny realistic house, a dovecot, any number of flowering plants, a stag and other animals.

From Chats on Old Lace and Needlework by Lowes, Emily Leigh

He would see those self-same sportsmen converted into the target, the flutterers of the dovecot themselves in a flutter.

From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Calhoun, Lucia Gilbert

If the pigeon turns out to be an eagle, the sooner it is out of the dovecot the better.'

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James