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Ice houses, Badger Dingle

Ice houses, Badger Dingle

Rooms excavated out of sandstone in Badger Dingle.

Ice houses, Badger Dingle

In the days before refrigerators, servants of the occupants of the big house would pack snow and ice in these deep places in the winter. The rooms were cool enough that the contents would stay all summer available for use as they melted very slowly.

Ice houses, Badger Dingle