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Fort Belan Dockyard, Llandwrog

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NPRN34157
Map ReferenceSH46SW
Grid ReferenceSH4416060925
Unitary (Local) AuthorityGwynedd
Old CountyCaernarfonshire
CommunityLlandwrog
Type Of SiteDOCK
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
Dockyard serving Fort Belan (NPRN 26459). The dock was part of the original scheme for the fort, built by Lord Newborough to house the Caernarvonshire Militia in 1775. However, it was not constructed until a major program of refortification was undertaken, in 1824-6.

The dockyard has a large tidal dock with battered stone walls, set on the north side of a large walled compound. This is lined by a range of single storey buildings, stores and boatsheds, including a chain cleaning furnace. It is linked by a spur wall to the fort's outer encience. The various buildings are built of stone rubble with brick dressings and have slate roofs, variously gabled, hipped and half hipped.

Source: RCAHMW Caernarvonshire Inventory II (1960), 220-1 No. 1348
CADW Listed Buildings Database (14409)

John Wiles, RCAHMW, 22.06.2007.