The Dovecot At Blackford Farm in Selworthy on Exmoor within the English county of Somerset was probably built in the 11th century.

The pigeons would have been domesticated for food, possibly by Montacute Priory or by the local lord of the manor.

[6][7][8] Pigeons and doves were an important food source historically kept for their eggs, flesh (squab), and dung.

[9][10] The dovecote which forms part of the property of the Holnicote Estate, was donated to the National Trust by Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland, 15th Baronet in 1944.

The lowest boxes are about 2 feet 6 inches (0.76 m) above the earth floor which kept them above the damp and away from brown rats which became common in the area in the 18th century.