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Stan Carey

Went wandering in Monivea Woods today and came across an old ice house

A curious structure built in a clearing of evergreen woodland. It's a low, angular dome, about 1 metre tall and 3–4 metres across. Its gable end has open grey brickwork and a small rectangular opening leading into the ice house. From the sides it looks like a miniature hill with stone borders and patchy grass growing on it. Around it is a rough path with scattered steps.
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Deborah Rose Reeves

@stancarey Cool! I've never seen this kind of structure or heard the term Ice House in Ireland or in this context before. Is it like a cellar for food storage? Or a shelter?

Stan Carey

@deborahrosereeves They're like proto-fridges. My introduction to them was Minette Walters's novel The Ice House, which is centred on one, but I'd never seen one before today! (Somehow I missed the one in Woodstock in Kilkenny when I visited there.) Not sure how common they are in Ireland

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Deborah Rose Reeves

@stancarey I love it. It makes sense that they'd exist in Ireland as much as anywhere else - I've just never come across one in my wanderings... I hope what few remain will be protected/preserved as they are.

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