its centre named the Rose gardens, these were refurbished in 2003 and now have benches, flowerbeds and a small shelter. The Doocot: On top of Castle hill, there is a 17th-century pigeon loft named the Doocot or Dovecot. Inside it has hundreds of small recesses for pigeons to nest in. It was used to feed the Dunbar family of Boath in the wintertime if food was scarce. It is now looked after by the National Trust for Scotland. Farming controversy In 2010 it was reported that meat from a bull grown from the embryo of a cow cloned in the US and reared on a local farm had entered the food chain. Newmeadow herd, based at Drumduan Farm, is the largest Holstein cattle herd in the Highlands. See also Alexander Dunbar – Auldearn schoolteacher and minister imprisoned on the Bass Rock References Populated places in the County of Nairn Scottish parliamentary locations and buildings Parishes in the County of Nairn