Standing Building Recording

Date 13 September 2016

Event ID 1023858

Category Recording

Type Standing Building Recording

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1023858

NT 32682 72564 A baseline standing building survey was carried out, 13 September 2016, of the ruined ice house on the Newhailes Estate. The ice house, which is located NW of Newhailes House, was built in the late 18th century. The main storage area for the ice was built below the ground in an egg-shaped chamber, accessed via a small NE/SW passageway with a small entrance on the SW side. A large mound was created over the structure to further insulate the space. A building and a spiral path were built on the top of the mound in the Victorian period. However, only a few

foundation stones, and one inscribed stone, remain of this garden feature in an area which was, until recently, covered in trees and animal burrows. The icehouse has been abandoned for some time, there is rubble and debris to the base of the main chamber and it has been used as a roost by bats.

Archive: NRHE (intended)

Funder: The National Trust for Scotland

Diana Sproat and Gemma Hudson – AOC Archaeology Group

(Source: DES, Volume 17)

OASIS ID: aocarcha1-266116