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Buckton Castle

12th-century castle in Mossley, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Buckton Castle

Summary

Buckton Castle is an enclosure castle[1]. It draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (enclosure_castle category, ranking #3 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Buckton Castle is located in Mossley[3].
  • Buckton Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Buckton Castle's instance of is recorded as enclosure castle[5].
  • Buckton Castle's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[6].
  • Buckton Castle's instance of is recorded as hilltop castle[7].
  • Buckton Castle is made of sandstone[8].
  • Buckton Castle's Commons category is recorded as Buckton Castle[9].
  • 1200 marks the founding of Buckton Castle[10].
  • Buckton Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as SD9890501634[11].
  • Buckton Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.5114, 'lon': -2.01799}[12].
  • Buckton Castle's significant event is recorded as slighting[13].
  • Buckton Castle's time of earliest written record is recorded as 1360[14].
  • Buckton Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[15].
  • Buckton Castle sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+335'}[16].
  • Buckton Castle covers an area of {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+730'}[17].
  • Buckton Castle's director of archaeological fieldwork is recorded as Brian Grimsditch[18].
  • Buckton Castle's historic county is recorded as Cheshire[19].

Body

Geography

Buckton Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Mossley[3].

Physical Characteristics

Buckton Castle covers an area of {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+730'}[17]. It sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+335'}[16].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include enclosure castle[5], archaeological site[6], and hilltop castle[7]. Buckton Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[15].

History and Context

1200 marks the founding of Buckton Castle[10].

Why It Matters

Buckton Castle draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (enclosure_castle category, ranking #3 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Buckton Castle and the Castles of North West England. pastscape.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Buckton Castle and the Castles of North West England. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Cheshire Castles of the Irish Sea Cultural Zone. wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Buckton Castle and the Castles of North West England. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . The archaeology of slighting: a methodological framework for interpreting castle destruction in the Middle Ages. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Short name → Buckton
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Mossley
    Coordinates → —
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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