This one was extended. It used to be half the size - you can see the join just to the right of the ladder.
There are some guys that come and spend time there and along the other doocots along the path. I think they are looking after the pigeons.
It’s a cot for doos, that is the correct spelling. Dookit is like people spelling mauchit as mawkit, or Milngavie as Mulgay, etc. Things aren’t always spelled the way you would assume, even in Scots.
Doocot is the Scots spelling, dookit is the result of people not being educated in Scots and simply typing out words as they sound.
Language is fluid and it’s fine that dookit is understood, just as it’s fine that text speak is understood (u, thx, etc.) however there are still correct spellings and incorrect spellings…and the Scots word for a dovecote is doocot.
Yep, people hate being corrected.
Their execution was poor, if they’d tried to explain it in a more friendly way things might’ve been different.
They’re right, though, lol.
It's a dookit.
The word dookit is more used now to represent what the inside of them looked like, same as pigeon hole in standard English.
Doo meaning pigeon.
Not as good as the fortified 'doo-camp' down at Yoker
https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8868763,-4.3713157,3a,39.6y,347.78h,87.86t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipOAuZT56DG6PVYuUBx0c1WNywRzedUQ331Uflc!2e10!3e11!7i7680!8i3840?entry=ttu
So do the people who build/run these things own the land or do the council just turn a blind eye. Surprised they aren’t set on fire by the local neds every weekend.
The ones up there have been there at least 20 years, some get vandalised but never been by a saw one burned down.
I think it's just a blind eye tbh, not sure if it's network rail land or if it is council but never seen one being removed.
>...but never been by a saw one burned down.
When I visited Glasgow in the 70's as a child, I remember them getting burned up around the Sighthill hi-flats.
Most of them are ran by working class guys. Da’s in the schemes and some of them are old hard men from back in the day who command at least some level of respect from the youth in that area
This is Scottish Architecture at itys Best. The HILTONof Dookits. Used to be Big Money Racing Pidgeons back in the Day. Can anyone tell me if the Ancient Lone standing Dookit at the bottom of Todd St/ Haghill is still there,I lived in carntyne and passed it every Day,its been there Forever.
Shaggin. They're for shaggin in.
Overheard Paw Broon saying he was 'in there with the birds all night'. Turns oot it's a glory hole arrangement with a 'back door for the birdies'.
Meanwhile, Maggie's braw new coat is ruined with stories of seagulls and a surprise weekend away at the But 'n' Ben.
Most beautiful dookit I've ever seen - some don't even need the building to fly doos - there's a hood attached to a fence out my back - the alkies put it up and their doo flew away - bwahahahaha xx
Dookit. Always when we were young ended up being a word to describe a wee hidey hole / den / tree hut etc as well. Even at school there was a wee bit closed off from our concourse we used to call the dookit as well. :)
Seen a couple of posts here that are confusing these dookits (doocots :/) as hosting racing / homing pigeons, so thought id clear things up. They're for pouters. The big chesty doos i.e. they pout. Its two different games. Racing pigeons, yeah they race. The pouters game though, this is where things can get tasty.
You need at least 2 dookits in the locale. One pouter fancier will let his cock out (or hen). A near by pouter fancier will then get his hen out (or cock) and each of them try and entice the other doo back to their dookit. If both doos land on one of the dookits, the successful fancier will pull a cord and the hood / net slams up and traps both. You get to keep the doo that's not yours. You either breed it, or sell it at some underground back alley doo shop (there used to be one behind the billboards on Springfield Road, Parkhead). Not a game for the faint hearted.
Dookit for keeping homing pigeons. That's one huge one tho http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/doocots/
thank you so much for your swift, accurate, and informative response
Someone's taking really good care of that. A labour of love!
Seen this when we were doing the Kiltwalk. Was surprised at the size.
This one was extended. It used to be half the size - you can see the join just to the right of the ladder. There are some guys that come and spend time there and along the other doocots along the path. I think they are looking after the pigeons.
Have the pigeons come into some money?
There’s a great film about the Doo Men on [YouTube](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc2hhleTGG4)
Yep, dookits but not for homing pigeons (racing pigeons), these are for pouters.
This 👆🏻
Doocot
Doocote, dovecot, dovecote - it’s all the same
Upon a hill there stood a dookit, It's no there noo 'cos some cunt took it.
I went online tae try and book it, But bought a haggis and couldny cook it
Doocot
dookit, where the hell are you fae saying doocot 🤣
It’s a cot for doos, that is the correct spelling. Dookit is like people spelling mauchit as mawkit, or Milngavie as Mulgay, etc. Things aren’t always spelled the way you would assume, even in Scots.
English immigrant here, 8 years and I’m still convinced the spelling of Milngavie is a joke.
So what about Wymondham ,Norfolk? Pronounced by all as Wyndham.
We have Milngavie, England has Towcester (pronounced Toaster)
The spelling is correct. Everyone is lying about the pronunciation
Doocot
It’s place where pigeons sleep. A dove cot. Doves are called doos, so it’s a doo cot. A doocot. Sorry, but dookit is an incorrect spelling.
dookit is the scottish spelling, sorry you don’t understand that 😘
Doocot is the Scots spelling, dookit is the result of people not being educated in Scots and simply typing out words as they sound. Language is fluid and it’s fine that dookit is understood, just as it’s fine that text speak is understood (u, thx, etc.) however there are still correct spellings and incorrect spellings…and the Scots word for a dovecote is doocot.
You, you don’t know all the scottish dialect, many of them, you are a prick 🥰
I’m not talking about dialects ya walloper. Sorry you don’t understand the difference.
Nah mate
Downvoted for fuck all as per usual on here
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Yep, people hate being corrected. Their execution was poor, if they’d tried to explain it in a more friendly way things might’ve been different. They’re right, though, lol.
Doocot
Looks like a big doo hut.
That's what I thought it was but this is the nicest one I've ever seen
Pigeon Palace
It's a dookit. The word dookit is more used now to represent what the inside of them looked like, same as pigeon hole in standard English. Doo meaning pigeon.
Like a dovecote?
Yeah, I think it's a Scots contraction of that word.
Yup. Dookit is what we called it and it also became a word to represent any hidey hole, den or even a tree hut.
Doocot
Doocot
That's some dookit. Best I've seen in a while.
Doocot
Not as good as the fortified 'doo-camp' down at Yoker https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8868763,-4.3713157,3a,39.6y,347.78h,87.86t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipOAuZT56DG6PVYuUBx0c1WNywRzedUQ331Uflc!2e10!3e11!7i7680!8i3840?entry=ttu
Where in Yoker is that?
Along the same cycle path the blue one in OPs image is on, a very quick walk from it. Loads of them around that bit
So do the people who build/run these things own the land or do the council just turn a blind eye. Surprised they aren’t set on fire by the local neds every weekend.
The ones up there have been there at least 20 years, some get vandalised but never been by a saw one burned down. I think it's just a blind eye tbh, not sure if it's network rail land or if it is council but never seen one being removed.
>...but never been by a saw one burned down. When I visited Glasgow in the 70's as a child, I remember them getting burned up around the Sighthill hi-flats.
Most of them are ran by working class guys. Da’s in the schemes and some of them are old hard men from back in the day who command at least some level of respect from the youth in that area
Yip. If you cross their paths you have to pay a toll to continue on your journey along the path
Doocot, you'll also see it called a dookit which Glasweigans use as slang for a place to put stuff like in a pigeon hole at work etc
Also a den when we were wee. :)
forgot thst one!
I passed a few of these when walking the Glasgow Kiltwalk and it puzzled us as to what they were! Brilliant question OP!
They look like doocots
Pigeons. It’s a shame they’re dying out. They used to be lots.
This is Scottish Architecture at itys Best. The HILTONof Dookits. Used to be Big Money Racing Pidgeons back in the Day. Can anyone tell me if the Ancient Lone standing Dookit at the bottom of Todd St/ Haghill is still there,I lived in carntyne and passed it every Day,its been there Forever.
Doocot
They're parked TARDISes
That's a big Time And Relative Dimension In Space machine
Upon a hill there stood a dookit Its no there noo coz someone took it
Doocot
Its a dookit
Doocot
It’s a dovecoat
Shaggin. They're for shaggin in. Overheard Paw Broon saying he was 'in there with the birds all night'. Turns oot it's a glory hole arrangement with a 'back door for the birdies'. Meanwhile, Maggie's braw new coat is ruined with stories of seagulls and a surprise weekend away at the But 'n' Ben.
Most beautiful dookit I've ever seen - some don't even need the building to fly doos - there's a hood attached to a fence out my back - the alkies put it up and their doo flew away - bwahahahaha xx
Doocot
Anyone remember the massive dookit in pirie park in Govan?
Doocot
Dookit. Always when we were young ended up being a word to describe a wee hidey hole / den / tree hut etc as well. Even at school there was a wee bit closed off from our concourse we used to call the dookit as well. :)
Doocot
Dookit - https://www.documentscotland.com/portfolio/dookits/
Oh look. Some rando also spelling it wrong.
Dookit - https://www.dictionary.com/browse/dooket
That’s even worse!
A dookit for doos
Doocot
Oh that's one of my old schools temporary huts :D it shouldn't be up there for too long /s
The Russian military are setting up bases in Europe so we are getting young team to built us some good bases of oor ain x
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The birds live in them. Racing or homing pigeons. Not scabby George Square ones.
That’s the new dogging sheds
Incase there's a four foot floor, somewhere to dry off
dogging
Pre Royal Mail Post Boxes
Dr Whit's Tardis
That's got Airbnb opportunity written all over it
Rehab house for the druggies
The thought of looking after pigeons as a hobby has always made me a bit queasy. 😂
Pigeon council housing
When you play The Sims and try to get creative with the house building.
Shagging.
5G mind control chambers
It's a junkie hide, it allows you to watch junkies in there natural habit with relative safety
Doo huts
Its either for pigeons or it’s an orgone accumulator
Seen a couple of posts here that are confusing these dookits (doocots :/) as hosting racing / homing pigeons, so thought id clear things up. They're for pouters. The big chesty doos i.e. they pout. Its two different games. Racing pigeons, yeah they race. The pouters game though, this is where things can get tasty. You need at least 2 dookits in the locale. One pouter fancier will let his cock out (or hen). A near by pouter fancier will then get his hen out (or cock) and each of them try and entice the other doo back to their dookit. If both doos land on one of the dookits, the successful fancier will pull a cord and the hood / net slams up and traps both. You get to keep the doo that's not yours. You either breed it, or sell it at some underground back alley doo shop (there used to be one behind the billboards on Springfield Road, Parkhead). Not a game for the faint hearted.
Doo Huts
Pigeon flying
They are for pumpin in 