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Castell Meredydd

Castell Meredydd, also called Castell Machen, was a castle in Gwynllwg, Wales in the 13th century, long since ruined.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: ruined C13 castle in Graig, Newport, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Castell Machen” and “Machen Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mynydd Machen and Machen Library.

Peak
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Machen Mountain is a 362-metre-high hill lying between the town of and the village of in in south . Its summit is crowned by a trig point and a mast.

Library
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1 mile west of Castell Meredydd.

House
is a country house in the hamlet of , to the west of the city of , Wales. The house was the ancestral home of the Morgan family of South Wales prior to their construction of Tredegar House. is situated 1 mile southeast of Castell Meredydd.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lower Machen and Machen.

Hamlet
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small hamlet at the very western edge of the city of , . It is adjacent to the A468 road, south-east of in the county borough of Caerphilly.

Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large village three miles east of , south . It is situated in the Caerphilly borough within the historic boundaries of .

Suburb
is a small village in Caerphilly county borough in .

Castell Meredydd

Latitude
51.59194° or 51° 35′ 31″ north
Longitude
-3.1192° or 3° 7′ 9″ west
Elevation
338 feet (103 metres)
Open location code
9C3RHVRJ+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6213894322
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6287102
Wiki­data ID
Q13126908
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Castell Meredydd” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Castell Meredydd”
  • Chinese: “末底斯城堡”
  • German: “Machen Castle”
  • Swedish: “Castell Meredydd”
  • Welsh: “Castell Machen”
  • Welsh: “Castell Meredydd”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Castell Meredydd”. Photo: WelshDave, CC BY-SA 4.0.