Dupplin Castle, Icehouse
Icehouse (19th Century)
Site Name Dupplin Castle, Icehouse
Classification Icehouse (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dupplin Estate; Dupplin Castle Estate; Dupplin Castle Policies
Canmore ID 100793
Site Number NO02SW 98
NGR NO 03468 20633
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/100793
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Tibbermore
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO02SW 98 03468 20633
For Dupplin Castle (NO 0565 1947) and related buildings and monuments, see NO01NE 22.00.
Icehouse [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1987.
Reported as an early 19th century, egg-shaped type.
S P Beamon and S Roaf 1990.
This relatively large and well-constructed ice-house is set into a prominent natural ridge about 160m N of Dupplin Loch, from which the ice has probably been derived, and just N of the boundary between the parishes of Tibbermore and Aberdalgie. It is of drystone construction, and survives in good condition, but is overgrown with mature trees.
The entrance is uphill (on the N), and has been along an unroofed drystone approach and through an externally-checked opening of ashlar construction. Timbers set within the masonry have apparently served to support the corrugated iron sheeting that now lies adjacent, and there are vertical slots for an inner door at the inner end of the short entrance-passage.
The interior of the ice-house could not be examined on the date of visit for want of a torch, but it has apparently been of conical-roofed form and circulat on plan. It has probably measured 2.1m in depth below the entrance.
Visited by RCAHMS (RJCM, JRS), 23 November 1995.
