Ice house in Castletown woods
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Description
"Before the introduction of mechanical refrigeration during the 19th century, many country houses built cold stores such as these in their grounds. A partially excavated and domed structure, insulated with earth and growing turf and shaded in summer by tall, leafy trees would be filled with crushed ice (in this case perhaps carved from the pond to the west) to keep foods fresh through the warmer months. The building of [[5510487]] began in 1811, so the ice house and pond were probably constructed around that date as the grounds were being laid out. For a wider view of the location see [[6219401]]." Photo by Tiger, 2019. -
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License
What does this mean? Creative Commons License
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Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6245219
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
Last modified: 3 years, 2 months ago
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Picture Taken: 2019-08-22 -
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