Broch of Gurness

tower in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Place tower Q923355
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Broch of Gurness

Summary

Broch of Gurness is a tower[1]. It draws 50 Wikipedia views per month (tower category, ranking #44 of 277).[2]

Key Facts

  • Broch of Gurness is located in Orkney Islands[3].
  • Broch of Gurness is located in Evie and Rendall[4].
  • Broch of Gurness is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Broch of Gurness's image is recorded as Broch of Gurness2.jpg[6].
  • Broch of Gurness's image is recorded as Broch of Gurness exterior view.jpg[7].
  • Broch of Gurness's instance of is recorded as tower[8].
  • Broch of Gurness's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[9].
  • Broch of Gurness's instance of is recorded as level terrain fort[10].
  • Broch of Gurness's operator is recorded as Historic Environment Scotland[11].
  • Broch of Gurness's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315141918[12].
  • Broch of Gurness's Commons category is recorded as Broch of Gurness[13].
  • Broch of Gurness's OS grid reference is recorded as HY38172685[14].
  • Broch of Gurness's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 59.12397, 'lon': -3.08167}[15].
  • Broch of Gurness's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026dq25[16].
  • Broch of Gurness's Historic Environment Scotland ID is recorded as SM90157[17].
  • Broch of Gurness's Canmore ID is recorded as 2201[18].
  • Broch of Gurness's official website is recorded as https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/broch-of-gurness/[19].
  • Broch of Gurness's described by source is recorded as Subterranea Britannica[20].
  • Broch of Gurness's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[21].
  • Broch of Gurness's Google Maps Customer ID is recorded as 5889902148456013044[22].
  • Broch of Gurness's Atlas of Hillforts ID is recorded as 2860[23].
  • Broch of Gurness's panoramic view is recorded as Broch of Gurness interior panorama.jpg[24].
  • Broch of Gurness's associated electoral district is recorded as Orkney and Shetland[25].
  • Broch of Gurness's historic county is recorded as Orkney Islands[26].
  • Broch of Gurness's GB1900 ID is recorded as 581a57852c66dc2d42002217[27].

Body

Geography

Broch of Gurness is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Orkney Islands[3], an archipelago[28], in United Kingdom[29] and Evie and Rendall[4], a civil parish[30], in United Kingdom[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include tower[8], archaeological site[9], and level terrain fort[10]. Broch of Gurness's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[21].

Why It Matters

Broch of Gurness draws 50 Wikipedia views per month (tower category, ranking #44 of 277).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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