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Newbattle Abbey, Grotto And Ice-house

Grotto (Post Medieval), Icehouse (18th Century)

Site Name Newbattle Abbey, Grotto And Ice-house

Classification Grotto (Post Medieval), Icehouse (18th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Newbattle Abbey Policies

Canmore ID 53427

Site Number NT36NW 118

NGR NT 33320 65896

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/53427

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Midlothian
  • Parish Newbattle
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District Midlothian
  • Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

Situated on the S bank of the River South Esk, c.200 yds from Newbattle Abbey. A roofless late 17th-century grotto masks the entrance to an icehouse, with a brick-built, globe-shaped pit, some 12ft in diameter.

RCAHMS 1929; A N Robertson 1953

Architecture Notes

NT36NW 14.00 3335 6602 Newbattle Abbey House

NT36NW 14.01 33120 66349 Walled Garden

NT36NW 14.02 33188 66244 Orangery

NT36NW 14.03 33115 65881 Port Lodge

NT36NW 14.04 33114 65781 Riverside Cottages, stables

NT36NW 14.05 3 6 East Bridge

NT36NW 14.06 3 6 West Bridge

NT36NW 15 3340 6604 Garden and Sundial

NT36NW 16 3331 6604 Monk's Well

NT36NW 17 3316 6576 King David's Gate

NT36NW 18 3315 6574 King David's Well

NT36NW 20 331 657 Monkland Wall

NT36NW 21 3322 6614 St Mary's Church

NT36NW 22 3321 6619 Archbishop Leighton's house

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