| This circular building may originally have been a tower used to shelter cattle from Scottish raiders. It is then thought to have been converted into a windmill and then a dovecote, sometime between the 17th and 19th centuries. It has a conical roof, built of timber, and roofed with stone tiles, though it is badly damaged. It contains over 500 brick nesting boxes and the remains of a rotating ladder which was used to reach the boxes. This is a Grade II Listed Building and a Scheduled Monument, protected by law. See also:
Source of Reference
Local History of Ancroft
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The Past Perfect web site for an example of a medieval castle (Wark). | 
Haggerstone dovecote in 1956. Photo by Northumberland County Council.
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