A tall, decorative 19th century doocot which has been renovated by the Local Authority. A car park and picnic tables have been laid out and there are magnificent views over the cliffs and sea. Mounthooly is situated 1 mile south of Rosehearty.

Doocots, like Mounthooly, were once common in Scotland but are now rapidly disappearing. The doocot ("dovecot" in England) has a long history. To the Romans it was a columbarium and to the French they are colombiers. The Normans introduced them to the British Isles and within a short time they were to be found as far north as Caithness. Pigeons were a highly desirable addition to the winter diet when fresh meat was not readily available. Farmers were not usually able to keep their stock alive during the winter and the common practice was for the flocks and herds to be slaughtered and their meat salted to help preserve it. Only a few breeding animals were kept alive. The doocot filled the role of today's deep freeze. The birds had many advantages, they were prolific, needed very little space and foraged for their own food. They were also totally without concern as to whose grain they fed upon!! Tenant farmers must have found it hard to refrain from shooting the pigeons belonging to the landed proprietor as they feasted on their crops. In 18th century Fife there were no fewer than 360 doocots with around 36000 birds wreaking havoc on the grain crops there. A wry proverb of the time summed up the possessions of a local laird as - " a puckle land, a lump o' debt, a doocot and a law plea".  The total unjustness of the feudal system was one of the main motivations in the French Revolution, and figuratively, at least, the doocot may be said to have come under the guillotine in 1789!!! In Scotland the doocot's' demise was less violent, it was the turnip which rendered the doocot a thing of the past. The introduction of this root crop made it possible for farmers to winter their herds of cattle and flocks of sheep. Pigeon gradually disappeared from the winter menu, and doocots fell into disuse and dilapidation.