Monument record 0222000000 - HOME FARM, THORNTON

Summary

Icehouse of uncertain date recorded in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • ICEHOUSE (Post-Medieval to 19th Century - 1540 AD? to 1899 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - CIRCULAR
ICEHOUSE. DOMED ROOF. INTERIOR DIMENSIONS: C.5M HIGH (FLOOR TO APEX OF DOME), DIAMETER C.3.5M. ARCHED ENTRANCE AT GROUND LEVEL ON OUTSIDE, OPENS C.2.5M ABOVE FLOOR ON INSIDE. FROM THE OUTSIDE RESEMBLES AN EARTH-COVERED MOUND C.3M HIGH. IN VERY GOOD CONDITION (1977)(B1). NGR TO ICEHOUSE (C.75M W OF FARM)(B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC514 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1977. PERS COMM FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT.
  • <2>SBC10383 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1958. OS 1958 6IN MAP. 1:10,560.

Location

Grid reference SP 74940 35910 (point)
Civil Parish THORNTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC13447)

Record last edited

Mar 12 2019 11:28AM

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