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Mobile Root Cellar

This hillside root cellar has a stone wall interior and a deep, 3.5 metre, entrance into the cellar. Built in circa 1860 by Scottish immigrant, John Kennedy, the […]

Cupids Cellar

The stacked stone cellar at Cupids Cove Plantation, constructed circa 1610.

Potato Garden, Trinity

Potato garden in flower, Trinity, Trinity Bay, with the Hiscock House Provincial Historic Site in the background.

Lamswood Root Cellar Potato Pounds

Potatoes stored in pounds inside Bill Lamswood’s root cellar in Portugal Cove-St. Phillips. This root cellar was originally built in the 1850s by Richard Squires and is still in […]

Andrew Boland of Outer Cove

June 17, 2011 – Julie Pomeroy and Crystal Braye ask Andrew Boland what a root cellar is. Interviewer: Can you tell me what a root cellar is? Andrew […]

South Side Root Cellar, Twillingate

Built by John Young Sr. circa 1938, it is still owned by the Young family.

Crocker Root Cellar

Exterior of Crocker Root Cellar in Bradley’s Cove, Newfoundland. This root cellar was built in circa 1830 and is a very rare example of a steeply-gabled, stone corbel-vaulted […]

George Pearce’s Root Cellar, Elliston

George Pearce’s Root Cellar is also commonly referred to as Rex Chaulk’s Root Cellar. Built in 1859, this hillside cellar has a small portion of its stacked stone […]

Tom Porter’s Root Cellar, Elliston

Tom Porter’s hillside root cellar was built in 1879 and features a stone exterior and wooden door on its exterior. This cellar has an interesting piece of local […]

Newman and Company Root Cellar, Harbour Breton, Newfoundland

Now in ruins, the Newman and Company’s root cellar was a two storey building constructed on their plantation. It was partially dug into a hillside; the lower storey […]

Newman and Company Root Cellar, Harbour Breton, Newfoundland

Now in ruins, the Newman and Company’s root cellar was a two storey building constructed on their plantation. It was partially dug into a hillside; the lower storey […]

Newman and Company Root Cellar, Harbour Breton, Newfoundland

Now in ruins, the Newman and Company’s root cellar was a two storey building constructed on their plantation. It was partially dug into a hillside; the lower storey […]