Elswick, Icehouse

HER Number:
4897

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Icehouse

Place:
Elswick

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Icehouse

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A small (6 metre diameter) circular icehouse is marked on a map of c.1850 as a chimney, but is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan of 1859 as an icehouse. It is still marked as an icehouse on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan of 1894 but is not shown subsequently.

Easting:
2435

Northing:
6318

Grid Reference:
NZ24356318

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4897 >> Northern Archaeological Associates, 2000, Elswick Lead Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Assessment