Tulliallan Castle, Ice House
Icehouse (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tulliallan Castle, Ice House
Classification Icehouse (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Tulliallan Castle Estate; Tulliallan Castle Policies; Scottish Police Training College
Canmore ID 48116
Site Number NS98NW 56.01
NGR NS 9380 8799
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48116
- Council Fife
- Parish Tulliallan
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
NS98NW 56.01 9380 8799
This Ice House is situated in dense coniferous woodland SE of the Castle (NS98NW 56.00). The Castle was completed in 1823 and the Ice House may be of similar date. The main building is egg shaped internally and measures approximately 6m x 4m. The entrance passage is c4m long with three doorways. The facade is arched and c5m long. The top has been covered over with earth and is now overgrown. The storage area is built of well dressed blocked and is in very good condition. The doorways are of dressed and moulded stone. Part of the front facade has collapsed but the building is otherwise intact.
Information from Mrs C Appleby (RCAHMS), 10 March 1988.
Standing Building Recording (February 2014 - March 2014)
A basic survey was undertaken, February–March 2014, of three structures on the Tulliallan Estate prior to safety work. NS 938 880 The Ice House consists of an earth covered linear mound with an arched stone façade. The façade measures 6m in length with a central entrance measuring 0.88m in width and 1.58m in height constructed with dressed and moulded
stone blocks. The interior consists of a vaulted entrance passage, measuring between 3.35–3.55m in length and between 0.88–1.18m in width, which leads to an egg-shaped conical chamber with a diameter of 2.9m. The chamber has a conical ceiling; a build up of wood debris in the base meant the actual depth could not be determined. There are a further two doorways in the interior: one halfway along the passage and one leading into the chamber, all three doorways are constructed of worked stone blocks. Although there are voids and the remains of hinges, none of the original doors are in situ.
Archive: RCAHMS. Report: Forestry Commission Scotland
Funder: Forestry Commission Scotland
Rebecca Shaw - Rebecca Shaw Archaeological Services
(Source: DES)
Standing Building Recording (February 2014 - March 2014)
A basic survey was undertaken, February–March 2014, of three structures on the Tulliallan Estate prior to safety work.
NS 948 888 The Pump House consists of the remains of a rectangular stone structure aligned SE–NW. The structure measures 7.5 x 6.9m (externally) with a single entrance in the NW elevation and partially upstanding gables at the NW and SE ends. The walls are constructed of very large squared off stone blocks (some of which show tool marks) bonded with a brown sandy mortar. In general the walls are 0.45 wide, with the external walls upstanding to between 0.76–3.30m (NW elevation); between 0.80–2.10m (SE elevation); 0.75m on average (NE elevation); and between 0.80–1.80m (SW elevation). A narrow (0.21m) stone ledge is visible around the entire interior of the structure, level with the base of the
entrance threshold. The base of the interior of the structure is water filled to a depth of at least 3m (when the gauge hit silts).
Positioned between the NW and SE ledges are two cast iron rails/bars (60mm wide). A cast iron bar is attached to one on the rails at the NW end, close to a cast iron valve and upright cast iron pipe. The entrance to the structure is 0.9m wide and the interior wooden door lintel is in situ. The remains of one hinge are visible on the N door jamb and a number of slots
are visible on the W door jamb. A ditch/culvert, which is 2m wide at the top and 1.2m wide at the base, runs SW from the S corner of the building.
Archive: RCAHMS. Report: Forestry Commission Scotland
Funder: Forestry Commission Scotland
Rebecca Shaw – Rebecca Shaw Archaeological Services
(Source: DES)
Standing Building Recording (February 2014 - March 2014)
A basic survey was undertaken, February–March 2014, of three structures on the Tulliallan Estate prior to safety work.
NS 937 881 The Laundry House consists of the extant remains of an upstanding unroofed rectangular stone structure, aligned N–S. The structure measures c14 x 7.2m (externally) and is sub-divided into two rooms with one internal dividing wall. The existing walls are all of a similar height, indicating that the structure had a hip rather than gabled roof. The walls are mainly constructed of large blocks (some dressed stone) with a sandy mortar (where visible) and later cement mortar repairs.
The western (front) façade has a single entrance with a stone support arch and four large windows (two in each room). The windows are recessed bays within the interior. The external face of the E elevation (back) has two visible features: a small square opening recessed from the external face and a narrow bricked-in rectangular opening. The N elevation consists of a single square shaped opening. The roughness of this opening,
shortened quoin stone and the debris on the ground of the exterior indicates that this aperture may have been a later insertion. A cast iron box-like feature is visible close to the top of the internal face of the N elevation.
An internal wall divides the structure into two rooms (1 and 2). Room 2 has the remains of plaster on the lower half of the walls, averaging 1m high but up 2m high on the E wall (particularly the SE corner). Fragments of white ceramic tiles are also visible on the lower half of the walls (again particularly on the E wall and SE corner). Protruding from the E wall are
two stall-like features upstanding to >1m high, both of which are fully tiled. A large, 0.9m in diameter, cast iron tub is in place on the floor of Room 2.
Archive: RCAHMS. Report: Forestry Commission Scotland
Funder: Forestry Commission Scotland
Rebecca Shaw – Rebecca Shaw Archaeological Services
(Source: DES)
