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Auchmacoy Doocot, 1638 (although Leper-like, therefore perhaps late 16th century) Like an improbable giant stone barrel, squared-off and corbie stepped, in pinned split-boulder rubble. Two pronounced rat-courses encircle its squat, friendly body and the two east-facing skewputs bear weathered carvings of faces. The finest pepper pot dovecot in Aberdeen county, dated 1638 and composed of a large barrel-shaped lower part, surmounted by a rectangular portion, crow-stepped, with a high ridge roof. The corners of the upper rectangular portion of the dovecot are corbelled in to the lower part. The crow-steps are in white granite with concave skewputs on the north and a weathered human face in each of the southern skewputs. Dated 1638. Circular, pinned split boulder rubble, barrel-shaped taper with 2 rat courses, corbelled to square with crow-stepped gables. Boxes recessed in wall with ledges, now much broken. Stone, slate and lime constructed boxes, the high-level timber alighting ledges and the reconstructed timber roof.