100 years ago

Porth Wen Brickworks is a fascinating place to explore, and offers a glimpse into the industrial past of Anglesey. Not a lot of places left to explore a site like this which lies abandoned for more than 100 years and slowly nature takes control again...
One story tells of a worker who was crushed to death by a falling brick. The ghost of this worker is now haunting the place...
And it was indeed a bit eerie to explore the site on an early and gloomy morning.Read more