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Comments:	Castell Coch is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of Tongwynlais in South Wales. The first castle on the site was built by the Normans after 1081, to protect the newly conquered town of Cardiff and control the route along the Taff Gorge. <br> Pronounced like Coke but with a soft 'k' Translated from Welsh, Coch means Red<p> The new <b>GEM</b> machine is located inside the castle. Entry fee should be paid. Consider buying a CADW membership, it only costs £18 and gives unlimited entry into many of Welsh magnificent castles<p> Machine Designs. Each cost £1, the penny is from an internal hopper, these were shiny and new when I visited . Each penny design had the name of the castle in inside a ringed border <br> 1) ... 3D view of the castle<br> 2) ... Front facade of the castle<br> 3) ... Plan of the castle<br> 4) ... Welsh Dragon<p>> Machine details uploaded by David Miller, <b> www.facebook.com/groups/UKPennyGroup </b><p> 26/02/24: ????
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Castell Coch

Machine Locations > Wales

Castle Road
SOUTH WALES - Cardiff - Tongwynlais, Wales, CF15 7JS

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Castell Coch is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of Tongwynlais in South Wales. The first castle on the site was built by the Normans after 1081, to protect the newly conquered town of Cardiff and control the route along the Taff Gorge.
Pronounced like Coke but with a soft 'k' Translated from Welsh, Coch means Red

The new GEM machine is located inside the castle. Entry fee should be paid. Consider buying a CADW membership, it only costs £18 and gives unlimited entry into many of Welsh magnificent castles

Machine Designs. Each cost £1, the penny is from an internal hopper, these were shiny and new when I visited . Each penny design had the name of the castle in inside a ringed border
1) ... 3D view of the castle
2) ... Front facade of the castle
3) ... Plan of the castle
4) ... Welsh Dragon

> Machine details uploaded by David Miller, www.facebook.com/groups/UKPennyGroup

26/02/24: ????

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