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Dovecote
Dovecot Dove"cot`, Dovecote Dove"cote`, n.
A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above
the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic
pigeons breed; a dove house.
Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians
in Corioli. --Shak.
Meaning of Dovecotes from wikipedia
- eggs and dung. The
oldest dovecotes are
thought to have been the fortress-like
dovecotes of
Upper Egypt and the
domed dovecotes of Iran. In
these regions...
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provided by
Dovecotes Nursery,
Infants and
Junior Schools situated in a
central position on the estate. The
council housing on
Dovecotes Estate is currently...
-
Charterhouse from 1975 to 1992)
Dovecotes, Wolverhampton, a
housing estate in Pendeford,
Wolverhampton Flutter in the
Dovecote, a 1986
novel by
Scottish writer...
- Oxwich. In his study, A Book of
Dovecotes published in 1920,
Arthur Owens Cooke lamented the
destruction of so many
dovecotes in the
early 20th
century and...
- a
gabled Tudor tower. However, John and
Pamela McCann,
authors of The
Dovecotes of
Historical Somerset,
claim that the
structure was not
built until after...
-
important as a
supplementary source of
income from the sale of
surplus birds.
Dovecotes were
introduced to
South America and
Africa by
Mediterranean colonists...
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referred to
compartmentalized housing for
doves and pigeons, also
called dovecotes.
Roman columbaria were
often built partly or
completely underground. The...
- is the
largest of the
remaining medieval dovecotes in the Vale and a
Grade I
listed building. The
dovecote was
originally built in the 13th
century as...
- roof with a
lantern and
three dormer windows. In his study, A Book of
Dovecotes published in 1920,
Arthur Owens Cooke notes that this last
feature is...
- fertilizer. In his study, A Book of
Dovecotes published in 1920,
Arthur Owens Cooke described the
Garway dovecote at
unusual length owing to its "its...
