Monument record MKE 043 - Suggested post-medieval dovecote, Dovehouse Close

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Summary

Dovecote suggested by plot (number 88) named, `Dovehouse Close', in Monks Eleigh tithe and apportionment (S1). Formerly recorded as MKE MISC

Location

Grid reference TL 967 484 (point) Approximate
Map sheet TL94NE
Civil Parish MONKS ELEIGH, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Dovecote suggested by plot (number 88) named, `Dovehouse Close', in Monks Eleigh tithe and apportionment (S1). Dovecote presumably associated with Highlands `Farm' complex? Although note ring ditch/circular enclosure, MKE 003, in adjoining field.
In Pevsner, Highlands Hall is recorded as a `hall house with the date 1594 on a beam' (S2).
Dove House Close was part of the freehold of Robt Monnynge, gent of Higlens (Highlands Hall, S wing of which is said to be older - C15th?, when still named Nalter House) in 1599 (letter and map of 2001 by John B Weller in parish file).

Formerly recorded as MKE MISC

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <S1> Map: 1843. Monks Eleigh Tithe Map and Apportionment. Monks Eleigh Tithe Map and Apportionment, 1843.
  • <S2> Bibliographic reference: Pevsner N & Radcliffe E. 1974. The Buildings of England: Suffolk. Pevsner N, The Buildings of England: Suffolk, 1974 ed, 367.

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Record last edited

Jan 31 2019 2:31PM

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