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Bodrhyddan Hall, Ice House, Dyserth

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NPRN37299
Map ReferenceSJ07NW
Grid ReferenceSJ0487078720
Unitary (Local) AuthorityDenbighshire
Old CountyFlintshire
CommunityDyserth
Type Of SiteICEHOUSE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
1. 18th century brick. Circular dome filling whole in centre. Inverted dome below. Vaulted entrance tunnel doors missing.

2. Ice house set into a bank, 300m E of Bodryddan Hall. The chamber is egg-shaped but with vertical walls to a central section, 4.1m in diameter and 3.9m high, with top opening covered by a stone slab. Adjoining an approach passage is a shed for ice-carts, 9.3m in length. The Ice was collected from Llyn Helyg, three miles distant.
Source: Sylvia P. Beaman and Susan Roaf, The Ice Houses of Britain, p.522. Surveyed by Clwyd Parish Arch. Survey, 1981; E. William, p.1.