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Mand Karo Wooden House No.1

Azad Jammu and KashmirBuildingProtected
The house is located in Mand Karo village of Neelum valley. The house is rectangular in plan, erected on stone plinth of 1.5 m in height. The house is double storied with a portico in front. Entry to the house is with a wooden ladder. The lower ground of the house is used for sheltering cattle and also as a store room. First storey served as living area. It has two rooms, one of them is used as a kitchen and dining area, the other room is used as living room (bedroom). This house has only one washroom. The roof is also made of wooden planks. Ground story of the house is 6.4 m wide and 5.4 m in length. It has one door on front. There is no window or ventilator in the house, so the interior is dark and smoky. It is used for the preserving hay for cattle in winter.
Record ID
6714
Province / territory
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
District
Neelum
Typology
Monument
Subtype
Building
Period
Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
34.67378, 73.90317 — source-provided, not field-verified
Verification status
source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
Sources
Khan, Ashraf, Ghani-ur-Rahman. (2020). Threat to the Cultural Heritage of Pakistan Survey and Documentation of Tangible and Intangible Heritage of Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 2020.

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