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The '''Ice-House''' (bunker like building) on the lower avenue was the original "refrigerator" for the old manor house. The river would have been blocked during the winter and blocks of ice cut and placed in the pit at the end of the building. Food was then stored in layers of straw, and the building sealed up. The building was accessed during summer by way of a hatch in the roof of the building. | The '''Ice-House''' (bunker like building) on the lower avenue was the original "refrigerator" for the old manor house. The river would have been blocked during the winter and blocks of ice cut and placed in the pit at the end of the building. Food was then stored in layers of straw, and the building sealed up. The building was accessed during summer by way of a hatch in the roof of the building. | ||
[[Image:46104.jpg|thumb|dolmen at Larch Hill]] | [[Image:46104.jpg|thumb|dolmen at Larch Hill]] | ||
The [[dolmen]] or cromlech is one of three that can be found in the vicinity, the others being on Tibradden Mountain and at Mount Venus. A [[dolmen]] was a royal burial plot and is made up of two upright [[granite]] blocks supporting a third crossways (here it has slipped out of place) and backed by a solid upright some ten feet high. The [[dolmen]] is sometimes referred to by locals as "the druids altar" or the "druids seat". An inner ring of partially submerged boulders and an outer ring of sycamore trees surround the whole feature. It is uncertain if the dolmen was ever actually completed, or whether it once stood and the top stone slipped. Some experts credit an earthquake recorded in the area in the 1800s with dislodging the stones from all the dolmens in the area. The dolmen which is a [[megalithic]] [[tomb]] is also linked to the "Battle of Kilmashogue" involving Irish Chieftains and | The [[dolmen]] or cromlech is one of three that can be found in the vicinity, the others being on Tibradden Mountain and at Mount Venus. A [[dolmen]] was a royal burial plot and is made up of two upright [[granite]] blocks supporting a third crossways (here it has slipped out of place) and backed by a solid upright some ten feet high. The [[dolmen]] is sometimes referred to by locals as "the druids altar" or the "druids seat". An inner ring of partially submerged boulders and an outer ring of sycamore trees surround the whole feature. It is uncertain if the dolmen was ever actually completed, or whether it once stood and the top stone slipped. Some experts credit an earthquake recorded in the area in the 1800s with dislodging the stones from all the dolmens in the area. The dolmen which is a [[megalithic]] [[tomb]] is also linked to the "Battle of Kilmashogue" involving Irish Chieftains and Danish marauders. This battle is recorded in the "Annals of the Four Masters" and happened in 916 AD. It is said that the Danes were defeated in this battle, however, King Niall Glin was killed in the battle. Interestingly the river that flows through Larch Hill is called the river Glin. | ||
At the entrance to the '''Crow's Nest''' field is a great depression which is the venue of one of the earliest [[Boy Scout|Scout]] attempts to provide a swimming pool at Larch Hill. This area rejoices in the name "Matthews's Folly", so called after the then Director the campsite Mr. Nicholas Matthews, who undertook the ill-fated venture, which was undertaken during the 1940s. | At the entrance to the '''Crow's Nest''' field is a great depression which is the venue of one of the earliest [[Boy Scout|Scout]] attempts to provide a swimming pool at Larch Hill. This area rejoices in the name "Matthews's Folly", so called after the then Director the campsite Mr. Nicholas Matthews, who undertook the ill-fated venture, which was undertaken during the 1940s. | ||
