Monument record TR 24 SE 76 - Icehouse, woodside, whitfield hill, kearsney, dover

Summary

Icehouse

Location

Grid reference TR 294 436 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR24SE
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish WHITFIELD, DOVER, KENT

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Situated about 12m from the present house (turn of the century construction), the possible ice-well is entered through a central opening at the top of the beehive-shaped structure, which extends below ground level into chalk bedrock surmounted by loam. Completely underground, and built of a double brick skin. Poor quality of brickwork throughout. An underfloor drain is covered by a yellow brick floor. May have also been used as a cess-pit, as a square brick top has been added, and two ceramic pipes have been driven through the sides at a fairly high level. (1)


<1> Roaf, S. & Beamon, S. P., 1990, The Ice Houses of Britain, Beamon and Roaf, 'The Ice Houses of Britain,' 1990. (Monograph). SKE8293.

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  • <1> Monograph: Roaf, S. & Beamon, S. P.. 1990. The Ice Houses of Britain. Beamon and Roaf, 'The Ice Houses of Britain,' 1990..

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Record last edited

Apr 22 2022 2:40PM