What is recorded here

Lochinch Castle, Icehouse stands in Dumfries and Galloway as a 19th Century icehouse, its exact position known to the nearest metre. It may have stored winter ice for summer drinks, serving the castle household through heat and scarcity. The build suggests pride in comfort, not merely survival. Whether people still walk past it or forget it entirely, the stones remember their purpose: to hold cold when the world wanted warmth.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Lochinch Castle, Icehouse as Icehouse (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Lochinch Castle, Icehouse is associated with Lochinch Castle, a historic tower house in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, originally built in the 14th century and later held by the Kennedy family. The icehouse, dating to the 19th century, is important as part of the estate's historical infrastructure, reflecting domestic and agricultural practices of the period.

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