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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


photograph
CEK37.jpg (taken 3.12.2015)  courtesy of Brantwood
photograph
CEK38.jpg  Entrance passage; turns up, and after turns up again.
(taken 3.12.2015)  courtesy of Brantwood

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"ICEHOUSE APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES TO NORTH OF BRANTWOOD / / / CONISTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76778 / SD3126295884"
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."

notes:-  
The chamber is ovoid, not cylindrical.


photograph
CEK39.jpg  Lined chamber, drainage at the bottom.
(taken 3.12.2015)  courtesy of Brantwood
photograph
CEK40.jpg  Lined chamber, looking up.
(taken 3.12.2015)  courtesy of Brantwood

references:-  
Described in:-

David, R G: 1981: Icehouses of Cumbria: Trans CWAAS: series 2 vol.81: 137-155

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