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Pen-y-Darren, Icehouse, Merthyr Tydfil

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NPRN405522
Map ReferenceSO00NW
Grid ReferenceSO0492107021
Unitary (Local) AuthorityMerthyr Tydfil
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityGurnos
Type Of SiteICEHOUSE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
The dome of the icehouse was demolished c. 1960 and the bricks were used to construct a garage. A few courses of bricks above the filled in base show the diameter to have been 3.7m internally. The side doorway is 1.1m wide.
Source: Sylvia P. Beaman and Susan Roaf, The Ice Houses of Britain, p.532.
C.H. Nicholas, RCAHMW, 5th December 2006.