Icehouse in Townparks, County Offaly

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What is recorded here

Icehouse, built c.1830. Now disused. Segmental-headed brick arched opening leads to brick passageway accessing vaulted interior. Icehouse built into a hillside.

This icehouse may once have been part of Moor Park estate, providing a means of preserving food for the residents of the house. It now stands isolated in a cattle field.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14819292

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
AnRo0002, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
Working Men's Educational Union, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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