Corfe Castle

Summary

Corfe Castle is a castle ruin^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.41% of castle_ruin entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (984 views/month, #1 of 241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Corfe Castle is located in Corfe Castle^[3].
• Corfe Castle is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Corfe Castle's image is recorded as Corfe Castle 57.jpg^[5].
• Corfe Castle's image is recorded as Albany E. Howarth (1872 - 1936) - Corfe Castle - ABDAG006324 - Aberdeen City Council (Archives, Gallery and Museums Collections.jpg^[6].
• Corfe Castle's instance of is recorded as castle ruin^[7].
• Corfe Castle's instance of is recorded as archaeological site^[8].
• Corfe Castle's commissioned by is recorded as William John Bankes^[9].
• Corfe Castle's maintained by is recorded as National Trust^[10].
• Corfe Castle's owned by is recorded as National Trust^[11].
• Corfe Castle's owned by is recorded as William John Bankes^[12].
• Corfe Castle's operator is recorded as National Trust^[13].
• Corfe Castle's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 39144814276107525006^[14].
• Corfe Castle's Commons category is recorded as Corfe Castle^[15].
• +1100-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Corfe Castle^[16].
• Corfe Castle's participated in conflict is recorded as English Civil War^[17].
• Corfe Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as SY9591282286^[18].
• Corfe Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.6399, 'lon': -2.0589}^[19].
• Corfe Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07k84vf^[20].
• Corfe Castle's official website is recorded as https://corfecastle.co.uk^[21].
• Corfe Castle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Corfe Castle^[22].
• Corfe Castle's Commons gallery is recorded as Corfe Castle^[23].
• Corfe Castle's MusicBrainz place ID is recorded as c28e18cc-74c3-48ea-813c-20b0a821f9d3^[24].
• Corfe Castle's visitors per year is recorded as {'amount': '+190000'}^[25].
• Corfe Castle's National Heritage List for England number is recorded as 1121000^[26].
• Corfe Castle's National Heritage List for England number is recorded as 1011487^[27].

Body

Geography

Corfe Castle is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. It is located in it^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include castle ruin^[7] and archaeological site^[8]. Heritage statuses include Grade I listed building^[28] and scheduled monument^[29].

History and Context

+1100-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Corfe Castle^[16]. Owners include National Trust^[11], a national trust^[30], in United Kingdom^[31], founded in 1895^[32], headquartered in Swindon^[33] and William John Bankes^[12], an explorer^[34], 1786–1855^[35], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[36], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[37].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Corfe Castle include it^[38], a village^[39], in United Kingdom^[40].

Why It Matters

Corfe Castle ranks in the top 0.41% of castle_ruin entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (984 views/month, #1 of 241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for it include it^[38], a village^[39], in United Kingdom^[40].