Garneddwen
Garneddwen is a hamlet in the south of the county of Gwynedd, Wales. It lies in the historic county of Merionethshire/Sir Feirionnydd, in the valley of the Afon Dulas.
It consists primarily of a single row of terraced houses, built for the workers at Aberllefenni Slate Quarry. The hamlet was named after a large cairn that was to be found in a field below the farm of the same name up to Victorian times.
History
, a Roman road which connected the north and south parts of Roman Wales, probably ran through the hamlet.Nearby is Fronwen, built as a family home by the quarry manager Robert Hughes and his wife Jane née Deakin. They had four sons who were born in this house :
- Llewelyn Robert
- Arthur Edward, who married future author Molly Thomas in 1897
- Charles Ernest
- Alfred William Professor of Anatomy and Dean of the Faculty of King's College London, whose monument stands on the outskirts of Corris
Railway Station