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Balquhain Castle

ruined tower house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
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Balquhain Castle

Summary

Balquhain Castle is a tower house[1]. It draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (tower_house category, ranking #40 of 122).[2]

Key Facts

  • Balquhain Castle is located in Aberdeenshire[3].
  • Balquhain Castle is located in Chapel of Garioch[4].
  • Balquhain Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Balquhain Castle's instance of is recorded as tower house[6].
  • Balquhain Castle's instance of is recorded as ruins[7].
  • Balquhain Castle's Commons category is recorded as Balquhain Castle[8].
  • Balquhain Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 57.3022, 'longitude': -2.44709, 'precision': 0.0001}[9].
  • Balquhain Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[10].
  • Balquhain Castle's has part is recorded as barmkin[11].
  • Balquhain Castle's associated electoral district is recorded as Gordon and Buchan[12].
  • Balquhain Castle's historic county is recorded as Aberdeenshire[13].

Body

Geography

Balquhain Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Aberdeenshire[3], a council area[14], in United Kingdom[15] and Chapel of Garioch[4], a civil parish[16], in United Kingdom[17].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include tower house[6] and ruins[7]. Balquhain Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[10].

Why It Matters

Balquhain Castle draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (tower_house category, ranking #40 of 122).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Freebase id → /m/0g9t57y
    Associated electoral district → Gordon and Buchan
    Has part(s) of the class → barmkin
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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