Tour Scotland photograph of Auchinbaird Doocot, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. A 17th to 18th century vaulted tower grain mill. Before 1860 top of tower was castellated, brick dome added and tower converted into a dovecot, or doocot. A Scottish doocot is a building intended to house pigeons or doves, which were an important food source in history. In Scotland the usual term is doocot, and the tradition is continued in modern urban areas. Dovecotes, or doocots, may be square or circular, or even built into the end of a house or barn and generally contain pigeonholes where the birds nest. The birds were kept both for their eggs, flesh, and dung.
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