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Dovecote Approximately 100 Metres North West of Pridhamsleigh Manor
Devon
This dovecote, positioned close to Pridhamsleigh Manor in the rolling country south of Dartmoor, is a listed survival of the kind of specialist farm building that once served larger Devon estates. Dovecotes were practical structures, designed to keep pigeons for food and their valuable droppings, which were prized as fertiliser. The building's Grade II* listing reflects its historic importance and surviving architectural interest.
Today the dovecote stands as a quiet reminder of how Dartmoor's fringes were farmed and organised in earlier centuries. For those walking the lanes and field paths of this part of Devon, it offers a glimpse into the working landscape that surrounded the region's manor houses and farms.
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