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Craignethan Castle

16th century castle in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK, at the confluence of the River Nethan and the Craignethan Burn
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Craignethan Castle

Summary

Craignethan Castle is a castle[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Craignethan Castle is located in South Lanarkshire[3].
  • Craignethan Castle is located in Lesmahagow[4].
  • Craignethan Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Craignethan Castle is on the body of water Craignethan Burn[6].
  • Craignethan Castle is on the body of water River Nethan[7].
  • Craignethan Castle's image is recorded as Craignethan Castle.jpg[8].
  • Craignethan Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[9].
  • Craignethan Castle's commissioned by is recorded as James Hamilton[10].
  • Craignethan Castle's Commons category is recorded as Craignethan Castle[11].
  • +1500-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Craignethan Castle[12].
  • Craignethan Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.696561111111, 'lon': -3.8853194444444}[13].
  • Craignethan Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09nbsy[14].
  • Craignethan Castle's Historic Environment Scotland ID is recorded as SM90083[15].
  • Craignethan Castle's Canmore ID is recorded as 46563[16].
  • Craignethan Castle's official website is recorded as https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/craignethan-castle/[17].
  • Craignethan Castle's described by source is recorded as CastlesFortsBattles[18].
  • Craignethan Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[19].
  • Craignethan Castle's TripAdvisor ID is recorded as 6703229[20].
  • Craignethan Castle's Google Maps Customer ID is recorded as 16011282114225285598[21].
  • Craignethan Castle's panoramic view is recorded as Craignethan Castle panorama (2018).jpg[22].
  • Craignethan Castle's associated electoral district is recorded as Hamilton and Clyde Valley[23].
  • Craignethan Castle's historic county is recorded as Lanarkshire[24].
  • Craignethan Castle's DiCamillo Database Country House ID is recorded as craignethan-castle[25].
  • Craignethan Castle's Kulturenvanteri monument ID is recorded as 368512[26].

Why It Matters

Craignethan Castle ranks in the top 7% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]

Related Entities

CastlesFortsBattles United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . canmore.org.uk. canmore.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . explore.osmaps.com. explore.osmaps.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . explore.osmaps.com. explore.osmaps.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . canmore.org.uk. canmore.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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