ash pit

[′ash ‚pit]

(building construction)

The ash-collecting area beneath a fireplace hearth.

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"I had water from the well in the garden, an outside ash pit toilet and an iron kitchen range."

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Rather than the image of a mythic land blossoming in a Golden Age that had long accompanied him, Roskies found himself amidst the ruins of Crematorium IV alongside an ash pit pond.

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There is a porch and entrance hall with wood block floor and a good dining room with a wide inglenook in stone, still with its old bread oven and ash pit beneath.