Ruperra Castle
Ruperra Castle or Rhiwperra Castle is a Grade II* Listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, situated in Lower Machen in the county borough of Caerphilly, Wales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: manor house and mock castle in Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Rhiwperra” and “Rhiwperra Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ruperra hill fort and Castell Meredydd.
Ruperra hill fort
Archaeological site
Photo: John Thorn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ruperra hill fort is an archaeological site.
Castell Meredydd
Castle
Castell Meredydd, also called Castell Machen, was a castle in Gwynllwg, Wales in the 13th century, long since ruined. Castell Meredydd is situated 1¼ miles north of Ruperra Castle.
Plas Machen
House
Plas Machen is a country house in the hamlet of Lower Machen, to the west of the city of Newport, Wales. The house was the ancestral home of the Morgan family of South Wales prior to their construction of Tredegar House. Plas Machen is situated 1 mile northeast of Ruperra Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lower Machen and Machen.
Lower Machen
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lower Machen is a small hamlet at the very western edge of the city of Newport, South Wales. It is adjacent to the A468 road, south-east of Machen in the county borough of Caerphilly.
Machen
Village
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Machen is a large village three miles east of Caerphilly, south Wales. It is situated in the Caerphilly borough within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. Machen is situated 2 miles northwest of Ruperra Castle.
Waterloo
Hamlet
Photo: Kev Griffin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waterloo is a small hamlet to the east of Caerphilly, Wales, in the community of Rudry. Waterloo is situated 2 miles northwest of Ruperra Castle.
Ruperra Castle
- Categories: mansion, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Rudry, Caerphilly County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Ruperra Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Craig Ruperra Motte”
- Chinese: “卢比拉城堡”
- Danish: “Ruperra Castle”
- Dutch: “Kasteel Ruperra”
- French: “château de Ruperra”
- French: “Château de Ruperra”
- German: “Ruperra Castle”
- Japanese: “ルぺーラ城”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Ruperra”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Ruperra”
- Swedish: “Craig Ruperra Motte”
- Welsh: “Castell Rhiwperra”
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