Plas Machen

Plas Machen 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.
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  • Type: House
  • Description: country house in Lower Machen, Newport, Wales, UK
  • Address: Caerphilly Road, Lower Machen, Newport, NP10 8GW

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Castell Meredydd and Ruperra hill fort.

Castle
, also called Castell Machen, was a castle in Gwynllwg, Wales in the 13th century, long since ruined. is situated 1 mile northwest of Plas Machen.

Archaeological site
Photo: John Thorn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an archaeological site, which is situated 1 mile southwest of Plas Machen.

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. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Plas Machen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lower Machen and Rhiwderin.

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: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small in the west of the city of , . It lies in the community parish and electoral ward of . The original village lies across a level crossing alongside the Ebbw Valley Railway and off the A468 road. is situated 1½ miles east of Plas Machen.

Suburb
is a small village in Caerphilly county borough in . is situated 1½ miles northeast of Plas Machen.

Plas Machen

Latitude
51.58151° or 51° 34′ 53″ north
Longitude
-3.10594° or 3° 6′ 21″ west
Inception
1400
Open location code
9C3RHVJV+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 266635178
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­house
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­manor
Wiki­data ID
Q17741127
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In Other Languages

“Plas Machen” goes by many names.
  • Welsh: “Plas Machen”

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Highlights include Park Wood and Graig Wyllt.

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