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| icehouse, Brantwood | ||
| site name:- | Brantwood | |
| civil parish:- | Coniston (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | icehouse | |
| coordinates:- | SD31269588 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3195 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD39 | |
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 CEK37.jpg (taken 3.12.2015) courtesy of Brantwood  CEK38.jpg Entrance passage; turns up, and after turns up again. (taken 3.12.2015) courtesy of Brantwood |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "ICEHOUSE APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES TO NORTH OF BRANTWOOD / / / CONISTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76778 / SD3126295884" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Ice house. Possibly 1870s. Natural opening in bank cut through rock leads to steps ending door to right into cylindrical cavity with tapering top and bottom. Top opening covered by slab. Constructed to provide ice for those in need." |
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| notes:- |
The chamber is ovoid, not cylindrical. |
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 CEK39.jpg Lined chamber, drainage at the bottom. (taken 3.12.2015) courtesy of Brantwood  CEK40.jpg Lined chamber, looking up. (taken 3.12.2015) courtesy of Brantwood |
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| references:- |
Described in:- |
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| David, R G: 1981: Icehouses of Cumbria: Trans CWAAS: series 2 vol.81: 137-155 |
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