This hut is the only surviving building from the Fron Goch (North) Camp. Built as a 'concentration camp' for German prisoners of war, the Fron Goch North and South camps were used for the internment of Irish republicans following the Easter Rising of 1916. In all 1,000 prisoners were kept at the South camp (a former whisky distillery) and 850 were held at the North camp. The latter consisted of rows of weather-boarded huts with barbed wire perimeter fencing, and the huts are clearly visible in contemporary photographs and drawings.

Amongst the leaders of the Irish Republican Brotherhood held at the Fron Goch camp were Michael Collins and Desmond Ryan, whose 'flying columns' were devised and organised here. It is thought that the name Irish Republican Army originated here.

It is a rectangular timber-studded hut with horizontal weatherboarding and a felt roof with plain bargeboards. It is raised up on brick piers. The main (road-facing ) side has a central entrance with paired openings whilst that to the right is now boarded-up. It also has a four-panel door which is flanked by two four-pane windows on each side, with tilting upper sections. There are two further windows to the NW gable end and one window each to the SE gable and rear elevation.

It was listed for its special interest as the only surviving hut from the Fron Goch Camp, where Irish republican prisoners were held after the 1916 Easter Rising.

Source:- Cadw listed buildings., NJR 16/10/2008