Ice House 480 Metres To South Of Pencarrow House

EGLOSHAYLE SX 07 SW 4/29 Ice House 480 metres to south of Pencarrow House

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Ice house. Circa late C18. Stone rubble domed superstructure, the subterranean well probably with brick lined cavity walls. The ice house stands near the edge of a lake approximately 480 metres to the south of Pencarrow House (qv), in a shady position facing north. It comprises a deep well of circular section, some 15 to 20 feet in depth with a domed superstructure 7 to 10 feet above ground. The entrance in the north elevation has a low arched opening with a C20 gate, entering directly into the well. A ladder must have been used to reach the bottom. The pit appears to be dry although the nature of the drainage system is uncertain. There does not appear to be a characteristic eye in the roof of the dome and it is uncertain whether the ice house is of the usual egg shaped vertical section as the pit was inaccessible. Robert, R and Gilbert, G Some Aspects of Domestic Archaeology in Cornwall, CCRA, 1979 Yorke, Francis W B 'Ice Houses' Transactions of the Ancient Monument Society, 4(1956), 123-132

Listing NGR: SX0397270575