page_title: Fog House
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Fog House / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: The foundations of an old dovecot later used as a Fog House base. Bonnington Isle, River Clyde, New Lanark. Scotland.
context_page_description: Fog Houses are a special type of pleasure or summer house popular in Scotland and at one time commonly found on many country estates as a feature in the pleasure gardens. The name 'Fog' derives from the Scots word for the moss that was a major feature of the building, mainly used to line the walls and roof.
context_section_description: One definition states that 'Fog Houses' were 'Pleasure Houses', small shelters lined with mossy turf. They were often thatched with materials such as heather. Contents typically included a curved bench placed against the walls with other features such as the example at Bonnington Isle that had its table and bench neatly covered with moss, and the one at Ballochmyle in Ayrshire that had the verses of a Robert Burns song hanging from the walls.
caption: Foundations of the Bonnington Isle Fog House.
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