4 - Snowdonia National Park - Views
Dinorwig Quarry - Anglesey Barracks - Llanberis
Y Dre' Newydd (‘the new town’), also known as the Anglesey Barracks.
A single storey double row of slate built barracks facing inwards,built in the1870's.
The best-surviving of a number of Barrack complexes within Dinorwic Quarry.
Dinorwig Quarrymen travelled from Anglesey and many other communities in Gwynedd.
The Anglesey Barracks housed quarrymen unable to return home each night. Used until 1937.
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Route : A well signed steep Footpath off the road leading to the Dinorwig Power Station
Ref: NW 1583
Date: 01/12/2022
Location: SH 5896 6017
