19 of 29, The Old Workhouse Traditional Geocache

This cache is number 19 of a series of 29 caches placed over approximately 29.2 miles from Pwllheli to Bangor as part of our celebrations for Leap Day, 29.2.2016

Dyma cache rhif 19 o gyfres o 29 sydd wedi ei osod dros bellter oddeutu 29.2 milltir o Bwllheli i Fangor fel rhan o dathliadau ar gyfer y Diwrnod Naid, 29.2.2016

Why not stop and have a wander around a quiet 19th Century public park in Caernarfon. From this location you can look up and see the old Caernarfon Workhouse built in 1846, it accommodated up to 200 inmates.In the early 1900s, the union erected a large new hospital known as Eryri Infirmary nearby.

From 1925 to 1948 the workhouse part of the site operated as Bodfan Mental Home, It then merged with the adjacent Eryri Hospital. The old workhouse buildings are now largely used for hospital administrative accommodation

Dyma gyfle i chi gerdded o gwmpas parc cyhoeddus distaw o'r 19eg Ganrif yng Nghaernarfon. O'r lleoliad yma gallwch weld hen Dloty Gaernarfon a adeiladwyd yn 1846, roedd yna le i 200 o drigianwyr. Yn gynnar yn y 1900au, cododd yr undeb ysbyty mawr newydd gerllaw a enwyd yn "Eryri Infirmary"

Rhwng 1925 a 1948, roedd yr hen Dloty yn cael ei rhedeg fel "Bodfan Mental Home" Ar ôl hynna cyfunwyd gydag Ysbyty Eryri. Mae'r Hen Dloty erbyn hyn yn cael ei ddefnyddio fel cartref gweinyddu'r ysbyty.

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