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Colliston Castle

castle in Angus, Scotland, UK
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Colliston Castle

Summary

Colliston Castle is a tower house[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Colliston Castle is located in Angus[3].
  • Colliston Castle is located in Arbroath and St Vigeans[4].
  • Colliston Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Colliston Castle's instance of is recorded as tower house[6].
  • Colliston Castle's founder is recorded as David Beaton[7].
  • Colliston Castle's Commons category is recorded as Colliston Castle[8].
  • Colliston Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as NO6125246410[9].
  • Colliston Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 56.608, 'lon': -2.63282}[10].
  • Colliston Castle's heritage designation is recorded as category B listed building[11].
  • Colliston Castle's associated electoral district is recorded as Arbroath and Broughty Ferry[12].
  • Colliston Castle's historic county is recorded as Angus[13].

Body

Geography

Colliston Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Angus[3], a council area[14], in United Kingdom[15], headquartered in Forfar[16] and Arbroath and St Vigeans[4], a civil parish[17], in United Kingdom[18].

Designation and Status

Colliston Castle's instance of is recorded as tower house[6]. Its heritage designation is recorded as category B listed building[11].

Why It Matters

Colliston Castle has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . canmore.org.uk. canmore.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [18] ↑ . 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. 5d ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Short name → Colliston
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Angus, Arbroath and St Vigeans
    Coordinates → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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