A Georgian brick dovecote in the Avon valley village of Netheravon, its inside still lined with hundreds of nesting boxes for pigeons
Open accessfree to visit at any reasonable time
Dovecotes like this one housed pigeons for their meat and eggs, a useful supply of fresh food in winter centuries before refrigeration, and building one was once a privilege reserved for lords of the manor. Netheravon’s dovecote went up in the early 18th century and once held around 700 chalk nesting boxes lining its inside walls, under a pyramid roof of tiles. You can’t get near it or go inside — English Heritage’s viewing point is in the village’s Millennium Park, around 20 metres from the building, looking across a private field. Stonehenge is a short drive south.
