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Bothwell Castle

castle in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
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Bothwell Castle

Summary

Bothwell Castle is an enclosure castle[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Bothwell Castle is located in South Lanarkshire[3].
  • Bothwell Castle is located in Bothwell[4].
  • Bothwell Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Bothwell Castle's instance of is recorded as enclosure castle[6].
  • Bothwell Castle's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[7].
  • Bothwell Castle is owned by Historic Environment Scotland[8].
  • Bothwell Castle is operated by Historic Environment Scotland[9].
  • Bothwell Castle is made of sandstone[10].
  • Bothwell Castle's Commons category is recorded as Bothwell Castle[11].
  • Bothwell Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.8094549, 'lon': -4.0950432}[12].
  • Bothwell Castle's significant event is recorded as slighting[13].
  • Bothwell Castle's significant event is recorded as archaeological excavation[14].
  • Bothwell Castle's official website is recorded as https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/bothwell-castle/[15].
  • Bothwell Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[16].
  • Bothwell Castle's state of conservation is recorded as demolished or destroyed[17].
  • Bothwell Castle's associated electoral district is recorded as Rutherglen[18].
  • Bothwell Castle's historic county is recorded as Lanarkshire[19].

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Geography

Bothwell Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include South Lanarkshire[3], a council area[20], in United Kingdom[21], founded in 1996[22] and Bothwell[4], a civil parish[23], in United Kingdom[24].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include enclosure castle[6] and archaeological site[7]. Bothwell Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[16].

History and Context

Bothwell Castle is owned by Historic Environment Scotland[8].

Why It Matters

Bothwell Castle has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

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. [3] ↑ . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . The archaeology of slighting: a methodological framework for interpreting castle destruction in the Middle Ages. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Excavation at Bothwell Castle, Lanarkshire, 1981. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Short name → Bothwell
    Operator → Historic Environment Scotland
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → South Lanarkshire, Bothwell
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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