Machen Quarry

Machen Quarry is a quarry in , , . Machen Quarry is situated nearby to the ruins , as well as near the castle .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Castell Meredydd and Mynydd Machen.

Castle
, also called Castell Machen, was a castle in Gwynllwg, Wales in the 13th century, long since ruined. is situated 1,200 feet south of Machen Quarry.

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 Machen Quarry.

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 .

Machen Quarry

Latitude
51.5952° or 51° 35′ 43″ north
Longitude
-3.11813° or 3° 7′ 5″ west
Open location code
9C3RHVWJ+3P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 222816241
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
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Satellite Map

Discover Machen Quarry from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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Highlights include Ffwrwm Farm and Coed Pen-llwyn.

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