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Human settlement in Wales
Minffordd
(
Welsh pronunciation
ⓘ
;
roadside
in
Welsh
) is a village within the
Welsh
county
of
Gwynedd
. It is situated on the
A487 road
between
Porthmadog
and
Penrhyndeudraeth
, and in the
community
of the latter.
The village has two adjacent
railway stations
, which are served both by
Cambrian Line
mainline train services and the
narrow gauge
Ffestiniog Railway
. In 1992 the
Ffestiniog Railway
built a hostel to house volunteers working on the line.
[1]
The stations are approximately quarter of a mile from the start of the mile-long drive to the
Italianate
hotel-village of
Portmeirion
.
Nearby are the minor remains of a
medieval
castle
(known variously as Castell Deudraeth, Castell Gwain Goch and Castell Aber Iau). The castle was first recorded by
Giraldus Cambrensis
(Gerald of Wales) in 1188.
Garth Quarry was opened in 1870 to produce
granite
setts
for transport to developing towns and cities by the newly opened Cambrian Railways. The quarry now produces roadstone and railway ballast.
Ysbyty Bron y Garth
was built as the Ffestiniog Union Workhouse in 1839 at a cost of £3,200 and was intended to house 150 inmates. In recent years the buildings were used as a
community hospital
operated by North West Wales NHS Trust. In 2009 the hospital was replaced by
Ysbyty Alltwen
at
Tremadog
. Part of the site houses over 400
lesser horseshoe bats
.
[2]
Minffordd is a thriving Welsh speaking village, where the language is used every day.
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