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Dunbeath, Portormin, Ice-House General view from W
SC 435401
Description Dunbeath, Portormin, Ice-House General view from W
Date 1974
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 435401
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Harbour, Portormin, Dunbeath, Caithness This is a rivermouth harbour, with quays along the north bank, protected by a masonry pier across the river mouth. In 1974 there were still the remains of a timber breakwater on the south side of the harbour. This view shows the icehouse set into the hillside above the quays along the river bank. It is an unusually well-built and maintained structure. Internally it has a rectangular vaulted chamber for the storage of ice, either local or imported. The vault of the icehouse is covered with earth as an insulator. This one has the gable limewashed so as to reflect the sun's rays, and reduce the heat transmitted to the ice within. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H74/137/13
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