Type: Monument - Tomb
Province: Azad Jammu and Kashmir
District: Neelum
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 18th-19th Century CE
Description: The Neelum Valley is blessed with most plentiful timber resources. It is a mountainous region that houses rich forests. Northern Area are in the north, KP province of Pakistan is in the west and Srinagar is in the east of Neelum Valley. These areas as a connection through centuries but have their own architectural traditions based on their histories and religions. Material used for the construction of the houses is undressed simple wooden logs or planks. The forests are characterized by dense of trees. This house is erected on stone base of 1.90 m of high. It is double story house built of wooden structure. Entrance of the house is provided on the north side, by a wooden ladder. The house can be divided into three parts. The ground floor is used for sheltering cattle and storage of wood and grass for animal. The floor of ground floor is made of thick wooden deodar planks. The first floor has four rooms with a gallery (portico) on front decorated with carved pillars. The floor has four rooms used as kitchen, dining, sleeping area and washroom. The kitchen has three hearths and an iron structure called Bukhara hangs above the hearth to warm the house.
Latitude: 34.673777778
Longitude: 73.903166667
Ownership: Private
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
