EAB3181 - Building Recording 2012 - FINAVON

Alder Archaeology Ltd carried out a historic building recording on the dovecot in November 2012 ahead of a proposed repair programme by National Trust Scotland. The external and internal elevations of the large double-lectern dovecot were surveyed electronically and an analytical record of the structure was made. The work revealed that the 1978-1979 partial restoration of the dovecot had replaced about a quarter of the building's original fabric, including wall tops and the south wall. This reconstruction had effectively removed any phasing which may have been present in the original building, though some of the stone re-used in the restoration hints that there were some historic alterations. In particular, it seems that the finials and gablets may have been added in the late-17th or 18th Century, and the crow steps possibly renewed at this time.