Mynydd Machen

Mynydd Machen 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.
Wikipedia
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,191 feet
  • Description: hill (363.2m) in Caerphilly County Borough
  • Also known as: “Machen Mountain”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castell Meredydd and Crosskeys College.

Castle
, also called Castell Machen, was a castle in Gwynllwg, Wales in the 13th century, long since ruined.

College
Coleg Gwent - Crosskeys is the largest campus of . It is located next to Risca Road in , near in . The college was previously a technical college and a coal mining college.

Library
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Machen and Risca.

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 .

Town
Photo: Rudi Winter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in the and within the historic boundaries of in south-east Wales. It is split into two communities; East and West.

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.

Mynydd Machen

Latitude
51.6036° or 51° 36′ 13″ north
Longitude
-3.12212° or 3° 7′ 20″ west
Elevation
1,191 feet (363 metres)
Open location code
9C3RJV3H+C5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 471303397
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
12608139
Wiki­data ID
Q13130319
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Mynydd Machen” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Mynydd Machen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مينيد ماتشين”
  • Welsh: “Mynydd Machen”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Crosskeys and Ochrwyth.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Begwns Round Barrow and Mynydd Machen Common.

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