The stone dovecote placed to the north of the moats at Haddington (within the Aubourn parish, south of Lincoln) dates from about 1420.

It has nesting boxes for 500 birds and would originally have been roofed.

Mark Acton, 2008

The dovecote in Haddington has been restored.

Eric Hair, 2014

Dovecote thought to date from fifteenth century. Some of the 500 nesting boxes visible in this image.

Up until the sixteenth century the Lord of the Manor had a monopoly on keeping pigeons as a feudal privilege.

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Dovecote thought to date from fifteenth century.

Ponds near the dovecote may be part of the sixteenth or seventeenth century ornamental garden associated with Haddington Hall. 

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Millennium Sculpture located on the village green. 

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Double moated enclosure, lying southeast of the dovecote, and near the River Witham. Site of a medieval manor or grange (monastic farm).

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View across the double moated enclosure with the fifteenth century dovecote in the background. 

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Refurbished cast iron water standpost located on village green near the Millenium Sculpture. Manufactured by Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd, Kilmarnock.

Provided village water supply until disconnected. Three identical water standposts in the neighbouring village of Aubourn.

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