Duiventoren - De Bilt, Netherlands
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N 52° 06.248 E 005° 10.403
31U E 648848 N 5774849
In the Van Boetzelaer Park you will find an old dovecote that was commissioned by Mr van Linschoten and built in 1832. It is a special building that is a typical product of its time. This dovecote is one of the few existing stone dovecotes in Holland
Waymark Code: WM159NQ
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Date Posted: 11/16/2021
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"The dovecote has an open square stone substructure, three sides of which consist of two pointed arches. The fourth on the north side consists of a large round arch. On the substructure there is an octagonal floor, the actual pigeon house. In five sides of this are small arch-shaped entrance openings. There is a wooden hatch on the north side. The octagonal floor is closed with a tent roof covered with slates. On top is a wooden octagonal lantern with a spire with a weather vane in the shape of a sitting pigeon. The dovecote was restored in 1975."
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(If known) Approximately how many pigeonholes in the dovecote?: 8
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