Tour Scotland photograph of Denmuir Doocot by Ayton, North Fife, Scotland. A dovecote, or doocot, was a building intended to house pigeons or doves, which were an important food source in history. In Scotland the usual term is doocot. Doocots may be square or circular, or even built into the end of a house or barn and generally contained pigeonholes where the birds nested. The birds were kept both for their eggs, flesh, and even their dung.
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