Lower Machen
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Castell Meredydd and Ruperra hill fort.
Castell Meredydd
Castle
Castell Meredydd, also called Castell Machen, was a castle in Gwynllwg, Wales in the 13th century, long since ruined.
Ruperra hill fort
Archaeological site
Photo: John Thorn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ruperra hill fort is an archaeological site.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Machen and Pontymister.
Machen
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Pontymister
Suburb
Pontymister is a small village in Caerphilly county borough in Wales. Pontymister is situated 1½ miles northeast of Lower Machen.
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 west of Lower Machen.
Lower Machen
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Newport, Wales
- Category: locality
- Location: Graig, Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.5858° or 51° 35′ 9″ northLongitude
-3.11677° or 3° 7′ 0″ westElevation
157 feet (48 metres)Open location code
9C3RHVPM+87OpenStreetMap ID
node 3426642950OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Lower Machen” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lower Machen”
- Dutch: “Lower Machen”
- French: “Lower Machen”
- Irish: “Machen Isaf”
- Welsh: “Machen Isaf”
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