Answers to Dovecot questions:

1. To keep and breed pigeons.

2. The pigeons ate their crops.

3. The Knights Templar dovecote in Garway is one of the finest remaining examples of a medieval dovecote in England. There are 666 17- square-inch nesting holes, a water trough which is very rare in dovecotes and a Latin inscription above the door.

4. Pigeon manure is useful for fertlising fields and making gun powder.

5. Rats liked eating pigeon eggs.