Record Details
NHER Number: | 14925 |
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Type of record: | Building |
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Name: | Post medieval ice house in Ice Well Wood. |
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Summary
A well-preserved ice house of around 1800, consisting of a dome and entrance tunnel of brick. It is now covered in trees.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 3164 1961 |
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Map Sheet: | TG31NW |
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Parish: | HOVETON, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Ice house. In wood. (NB grid reference may not be exact as location is hard to specify due to wood).
17 May 1979. Visit.
Despite name of wood, this is an ice house and not an ice well. Dome and entrance tunnel of brick well preserved; trees grow on mound. Interior filled with branches.
Probably contemporary with Hall (about 1800).
E. Rose (NAU), 17 May 1979.
Monument Types
- ICEHOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
--- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
Related records - none
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