Type: Monument - Building
Province: Azad Jammu and Kashmir
District: Neelum
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 18th-19th Century CE
Description: 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.
Latitude: 34.673777778
Longitude: 73.903166667
Ownership: Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Legal Status: Not Protected
Title of Publication: Threat to the Cultural Heritage of Pakistan Survey and Documentation of Tangible and Intangible Heritage of Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan
Published In: Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 2020
Year of Publication: 2020
Bibliography/Reference: Khan, Ashraf, Ghani-ur-Rahman
