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Castle of Mey

castle in Caithness, Scotland
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Summary

Castle of Mey is a castle[1]. It ranks in the top 0.91% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,019 views/month, #25 of 2,754).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Highland[3], Canisbay[4]
  • Country: United Kingdom[5]
  • Instance of: historic house museum[6]
  • Architectural style: Gothic Revival[7]
  • Location: Caithness[8]
  • Postal code: KW14 8XH[9]
  • Commons category: Castle of Mey[10]
  • Inception: 1566[11]
  • OS grid reference: ND2903273889[12]
  • Official website: http://www.castleofmey.org.uk[13], https://www.castleofmey.org.uk/[14]
  • Has facility: accessible toilet[15]
  • Heritage designation: category A listed building[16]
  • Short name: Mey[17]
  • Connects with: designed landscape at Castle of Mey (Barrogill Castle)[18]
  • Street address: Thurso KW14 8XH[19]
  • Associated electoral district: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross[20]
  • Historic county: Caithness[21]

Why It Matters

Castle of Mey has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Mapping Museums. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Mapping Museums. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Mapping Museums. museweb.dcs.bbk.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · ~2026-55149-29 · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fr', 'he', 'it', 'nl', 'no', 'p
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Official website: http://www.castleofmey.org.uk"
  2. 16w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Mey'}
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39175|batch #39175]]"
  3. 23w ago · Libanp · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    Official website → http://www.castleofmey.org.uk, https://www.castleofmey.org.uk/
    Heritage designation → category A listed building
    Instance of → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Museum Countries from MML ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/1f775a6fab1|details]])"
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