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Borthwick Castle

castle in Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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Borthwick Castle

Summary

Borthwick Castle is a tower house[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of tower_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Borthwick Castle is located in Midlothian[3].
  • Borthwick Castle is located in Borthwick[4].
  • Borthwick Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Borthwick Castle's image is recorded as Scotland-2016-Aerial-Borthwick Castle.jpg[6].
  • Borthwick Castle's image is recorded as Borthwick Castle.jpg[7].
  • Borthwick Castle's image is recorded as Borthwick.jpg[8].
  • Borthwick Castle's image is recorded as Damaged east wall of Borthwick Castle, Midlothian.jpg[9].
  • Borthwick Castle's image is recorded as Borthwick Castle in the late 18th century.JPG[10].
  • Borthwick Castle's image is recorded as Borthwick Castle, Midlothian.jpg[11].
  • Borthwick Castle's instance of is recorded as tower house[12].
  • Borthwick Castle's commissioned by is recorded as William Borthwick, 1st Lord Borthwick[13].
  • William Borthwick, 1st Lord Borthwick is named after Borthwick Castle[14].
  • Borthwick Castle's Commons category is recorded as Borthwick Castle[15].
  • Borthwick Castle's has part is recorded as Gateway, Borthwick Castle[16].
  • Borthwick Castle's has part is recorded as Gatehouse, Borthwick Castle[17].
  • +1430-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Borthwick Castle[18].
  • Borthwick Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as NT3699059732[19].
  • Borthwick Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.826698457667, 'lon': -3.00736056991624}[20].
  • Borthwick Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07d7wt[21].
  • Borthwick Castle's Historic Environment Scotland ID is recorded as LB805[22].
  • Borthwick Castle's Canmore ID is recorded as 53239[23].
  • Borthwick Castle's Canmore ID is recorded as 245672[24].
  • Borthwick Castle's Canmore ID is recorded as 245670[25].
  • Borthwick Castle's official website is recorded as https://www.borthwickcastle.com/[26].
  • Borthwick Castle's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27].

Body

Geography

Borthwick Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Midlothian[3], a council area[28], in United Kingdom[29] and Borthwick[4], a civil parish[30], in United Kingdom[31].

Designation and Status

Borthwick Castle's instance of is recorded as tower house[12]. Its heritage designation is recorded as category A listed building[32].

History and Context

+1430-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Borthwick Castle[18]. William Borthwick, 1st Lord Borthwick is named after it[14].

Why It Matters

Borthwick Castle ranks in the top 10% of tower_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . canmore.org.uk. canmore.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [32] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . 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. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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