Territorial Army Centre, Newport
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Territorial Army Centre, Newport
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 18 Sep 2009
Viewed across Allt-yr-yn View, the former barracks are now officially styled TA Centre, 217 (City of Newport) Headquarters Battery Royal Artillery (Volunteers), a subunit of 104th Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers), Territorial Army. The barracks date from 1845. The present-day roads around its perimeter are Barrack Hill, Bosworth Drive and Allt-yr-yn View. Kelly's Directory for Monmouthshire, 1901 states "The barracks...can be used either by infantry or cavalry, and are at present occupied by the 133rd Battery Royal Field Artillery, Depot Battery Mountain Division and a detachment of Royal Northern Reserve, numbering in all 400 men."
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Image Location
Latitude
51.595503
Longitude
-3.009064