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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 75 NE 774 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | DOVECOTE TO THE EAST OF ALLINGTON CASTLE |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1100 to 1199
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7523 5795 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ75NE |
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| Parish: | MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1199 AD)
Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
CASTLE ROAD 1. 5278 ALLINGTON (South East Side) Dovecote to the east of Allington Castle TQ 75 NE 9/223 30.7.5l. II GV
2. One of a pair built in the C12 as part of the Castle which was destroyed in 1174. Said by Lord Conway to be the earliest dovecote in England. A circular stone dovecote without a roof but retaining the pigeon holes.
All the listed buildings at Allington Castle form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ7522157907
Additional bibliography. (2)
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> English Heritage, 1995, Monuments Protection Programme, Step 1 Report - Dovecotes (Unpublished document). SKE16578.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 1995. Monuments Protection Programme, Step 1 Report - Dovecotes. |
