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Icehouse in Knockmuldoney

Icehouse
Icehouse in Knockmuldoney
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Detached single-bay single-storey rubble masonry ice-house, built c. 1830. Squared rubble masonry walls, earth-covered brick barrel-vaulted roof. Square-headed door opening to north elevation, roughly-dressed limestone lintel, limestone drainage stone to threshold. Square-headed window opening to upper section of…

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Detached single-bay single-storey rubble masonry ice-house, built c. 1830. Squared rubble masonry walls, earth-covered brick barrel-vaulted roof. Square-headed door opening to north elevation, roughly-dressed limestone lintel, limestone drainage stone to threshold. Square-headed window opening to upper section of south elevation, now partially blocked-up. Set into hill overlooking Ballysadare Bay, north elevation facing road, dry-stone retaining wall to roadside.
Ice-houses were once an important feature of country life and this is a reasonably well-preserved example of the type. The carved drainage stone is a particularly interesting feature. The structure sits well in its hillside setting forming an unusual architectural addition to the roadscape.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 32402004

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Djedi Guy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • GTD Aquitaine, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • St John’s GAA Club Sligo (official club blog publisher); individual photographer not named, stjohnsgaaclub.blogspot.com
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