What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Caerphilly.
Machen Church is dedicated to Saint Machen, a 6th-century Welsh saint, and its construction dates to the early medieval period, likely between the 11th and 13th centuries. The church reflects a typical rural Welsh ecclesiastical tradition and is significant as a local center of Christian worship with historical ties to early Celtic Christianity.
Places near here
St John's Church, MachenChurch · 28 yd
Machen War MemorialHeritage place · 109 yd
The Rectory, MachenRecorded historic place · 141 yd
Upstream Rhymney from the Bridge, MachenHeritage place · 188 yd
Siloam Hill, MachenMountain or hill · 241 yd
Coed y FedwWood · 289 yd
Forge WoodWood · 1133 yd
Mynydd MachenMountain / peak · 1462 yd
Dan-y-Graig BrickworksBrickworks · 1.7 mi
Craig RuperraMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Cemetery Chapel, Cromwell Road, RiscaChapel · 1.7 mi
Ruperra CastleRuins · 1.9 miOther information
Photo: Graham Horn · CC BY-SA 2.0