Kabootar Dovecote (Pigeon Tower) — Attraction in Meybod

There have been different towers with different usages in the past in Maybod city. These towers primarily had a protective and monitoring role. They were generally built near the city entrance in two or three stories to monitor a broad area of the external part of the city. Dovecote tower is located in the Southeast part of the old fort and in contrary to the other towers. It has been built to house pigeons and use their manure. It didn’t have a protective role and contained four thousand pigeonholes for the birds to nest. The small upper tower attracted the birds and the plastered rings around the tower body kept reptiles like snakes from getting into the tower. There have been some big bowels on the roof filled with water for the birds. This tower proves that there have been agricultural farms around this area and farmers used birds’ manures to...

this dovecote tower belongs to Qajar time ( 1800s AD) & located just near the Narin Castle ( around 800 meter ) . Dovecote towers where used throughout Iran to collect the pigeon & dove’s dung ( manure ) which is a very useful fertilizer . Meybod Dovecot tower is a two story building which can house 4000 pigeons . there is a plastered ring around the tower in white color to prevent repltiles like snakes to get in & disturb the birds inside . some big bowls are installed on the roof to water the birds in the hot seasons . interior architecture is also a masterpiece as it is built in a way to prevent the whole structure from destruction caused by birds vibration while...

This pigeon tower is one of the most beautiful pigeon towers that I have seen in Iran. The indirect sunlight that falls into the pigeon tower creates a subtle and beautiful play of light and shadows around the pigeon holes.

Pigeon towers were built to collect the excrements of the pigeons so that they could be used as fertilizer in the fields. It is also said that the pigeons would protect citizens from an approaching army by flying out of the tower when they hear the noise of hooves made on and transmitted...