Cwt-y-bugail Barracks

Cwt-y-bugail Barracks is a building in Dolwyddelan, Conwy, Wales. Cwt-y-bugail Barracks is situated nearby to Cwt y Bugail quarry, as well as near Blaen y Cwm quarry.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cwt y Bugail quarry and Blaen y Cwm quarry.

Cwt y Bugail quarry

Quarry

Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Cwt y Bugail quarry is a former slate quarry located east of Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales. It was first worked as a trial pit around 1840. Continuous production began in 1863 and continued until closure in 1961. Cwt y Bugail quarry is situated 630 feet northeast of Cwt-y-bugail Barracks.

Blaen y Cwm quarry

Quarry

Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Blaen y Cwm quarry was a slate quarry located east of Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales. It was first worked in some time between 1813 and 1818 and sporadically after that until 1914. Blaen y Cwm quarry is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Cwt-y-bugail Barracks.

Llyn Bowydd

Reservoir

Photo: Vivien and Geoff Crowder, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llyn Bowydd is a reservoir.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cwm Penmachno and Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Cwm Penmachno

Village

Photo: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cwm Penmachno is a village at the head of Cwm Machno in North Wales.

Blaenau Ffestiniog

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Blaenau Ffestiniog is a small town in the Snowdonia Mountains in Wales. Blaenau Ffestiniog is a former slate-mining village and consists of one main road with all the others leading off it. Many visitors come to ride the historic narrow-gauge railway.