Written by Martin Briscoe on 20 March 2024.
A U-shaped tunnel was dug under the National Library of Wales early in WW2 and used by the British Library and National Library of Wales for storage of important artefacts.
THe entrance was on Llanbadarn ROad, possibly around SN 592 814
Cambrian News
What lies beneath…
Julie McNicholls Vale was granted access to a tunnel used to store precious items during the war
Wales Online
The secret tunnels below a Welsh library that kept Leonardo Da Vinci artworks and treasure hidden from the Nazis
The National Library of Wales kept some of the most important items in the world safe while London was bombed.
GEOGRAPH: SN5981 : Tunnel entrance, National Library of Wales
National Treasures: Saving The Nation’s Art in World War II
by Caroline Shenton
ISBN 9781529387438
Written by Martin Briscoe on 08 May 2024.
The entrance to the tunnel appears to be off Llanbadarn Road up a road that runs past a NHS building.
It has been pointed out that the NHS building could have been asssociated with the tunnel - right sort of period, loading / unloading bay and an foorway leading to the road up to the tunnel.
Caroline Shenton’s book ‘National Treasures’ has an oblique aerial photograph that shows the entrance without any tree cover.
Written by Dave Mansell on 26 May 2024.
The tunnel entrance is now very overgrown and the adjacent two buildings have almost been engulfed. They were probably a generator and possibly a heating system to keep the tunnels dry. Aberystwyth was not connected to the grid until the 1950s and only had a local power station.
