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Dunham Castle

castle in Dunham Massey, Greater Manchester, England
Landmark or Historic Building Motte and Bailey Castle Q5315242

Facts

6 properties

Identity

Instance of
motte-and-bailey castle

Location

Country
United Kingdom[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 53.383°, -2.401°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Dunham Massey[2]
More facts +2
Short name
Dunham[4]
Historic county
Cheshire[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Dunham Castle
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
At Dunham Massey 2025 024.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/03b_dj3
Gatehouse Gazetteer place ID
English%20sites/3491
GeoNames ID
6287845
Historic England research records ID
74896
Survey of English Place-Names ID
5328368eb47fc40856001f76
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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🔗 Connections
Country 1
United Kingdom
Instance of 1
motte-and-bailey castle
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Dunham Massey
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Summary

Dunham Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Short name → Dunham
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Dunham Massey
    Coordinate location → 53.383°, -2.400°, 53.383°, -2.401°
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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