Caerleon
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Caerleon is a town and community in Newport, Wales. Situated on the River Usk, it lies 5 miles northeast of Newport city centre, and 5.5 miles southeast of Cwmbran. Caerleon is of archaeological impor
Caerleon from St Julians
A lidar view of the amphitheatre and the surrounding archaeological features.
An aerial view of Caerleon's Roman amphitheatre site in 2005
Round Tower at The Hanbury Arms in 2010
Arthur Machen
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Arthur Llewellyn Jones, known by his pen name Arthur Machen, was a Welsh author and mystic of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy and hor
Caerleon
…613. This battle site has also been proposed to be York. Caerleon also has associations with later Arthurian literature as the birthplace of the writer Arthur Machen who often used it as a location in his work. Alfred Tennyson lodged at The Hanbury Arms while he wrote his Morte d'Arthur (later incorporated into his…
Machen c. 1905
Machen's birthplace at 33 High Street, The Square, Caerleon
The Rectory, Llanddewi Fach—Machen's childhood home
The House of Souls (London: Grant Richards, 1906), with cover designs by Sidney Sime