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Balzieland Castle

tower house in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
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Balzieland Castle

Summary

Balzieland Castle is a tower house[1].

Key Facts

  • Balzieland Castle is located in Dumfries and Galloway[2].
  • Balzieland Castle is located in Kirkmaiden[3].
  • Balzieland Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Balzieland Castle's instance of is recorded as tower house[5].
  • Balzieland Castle is part of Logan Botanic Garden[6].
  • Balzieland Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as NX0957342636[7].
  • Balzieland Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 54.742503, 'longitude': -4.959845, 'precision': 1e-06}[8].
  • Balzieland Castle's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Rhins of Galloway[9].
  • Balzieland Castle's heritage designation is recorded as category B listed building[10].
  • Balzieland Castle's associated electoral district is recorded as Dumfries and Galloway[11].
  • Balzieland Castle's historic county is recorded as Wigtownshire[12].

Body

Geography

Balzieland Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Located in include Dumfries and Galloway[2], a council area[13], in United Kingdom[14], founded in 1975[15] and Kirkmaiden[3], a civil parish[16], in United Kingdom[17]. It is part of Logan Botanic Garden[6].

Designation and Status

Balzieland Castle's instance of is recorded as tower house[5]. Its heritage designation is recorded as category B listed building[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . canmore.org.uk. canmore.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in/on physical feature → Rhins of Galloway
    Country → United Kingdom
    Associated electoral district → Dumfries and Galloway
    Imported from → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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