Name of Ice House:    Classification: Ostan/Sharestan: Location: Nat. Reg. No. Ostan: Project WP No: Coordinate north:    Coordinate east:   Elevation, m: Age of ice house: Photograph Nos.: Height/shape of dome, m: Ext. diameter of dome, m: Int. diameter of dome, m: Ice pit volume, m3: No. of shading walls:    Length of walls, m: Height of walls, m: Water or ice supply:

Aliabad 011 – DVP Tehran/Islamshar Aliabad Village T565 44 35 36.768 51 14.413 1117 Qadjar 527-534 14 17 14 600 One 70 + 2x10 m wing walls 7-8 Qanat or deep wells

Notes: In the nearby museum at Robat Karim a poster with a description and photographs of this ice house was found. However, when checking with my (rough) field distances and dimensions, it is found that the museum information is not correct, and my field values were recorded. Only the ice house dome seems to have been restored, the walls are left to decay. So National Registration does not mean conservation of walls. The ice house is on a flat open plain with fertile fields around. There is a cucumber field on the north side. The ice house complex now appears part of a private property with no access, fenced off by supplementary garden wall.

 

Photo No. 0527 View from north-east

Areal view from Google Earth

Photo No. 0530. View from north-east

Photo No. 0531. View from north-east

Photo No. 1634. Plate in Robat Karim Museum

Photo No. 1632. Plate in Robat Karim Museum