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Esslemont Castle

castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
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Esslemont Castle

Summary

Esslemont Castle is an archaeological site[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Esslemont Castle is located in Aberdeenshire[3].
  • Esslemont Castle is located in Ellon[4].
  • Esslemont Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Esslemont Castle's image is recorded as Esslemontoutside.jpg[6].
  • Esslemont Castle's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[7].
  • Esslemont Castle's instance of is recorded as L-plan castle[8].
  • Esslemont Castle's Commons category is recorded as Esslemont Castle[9].
  • +1570-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Esslemont Castle[10].
  • Esslemont Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 57.3581, 'lon': -2.11447}[11].
  • Esslemont Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/064pp44[12].
  • Esslemont Castle's Historic Environment Scotland ID is recorded as SM3400[13].
  • Esslemont Castle's Canmore ID is recorded as 20361[14].
  • Esslemont Castle's significant event is recorded as archaeological excavation[15].
  • Esslemont Castle's significant event is recorded as slighting[16].
  • Esslemont Castle's described by source is recorded as CastlesFortsBattles[17].
  • Esslemont Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[18].
  • Esslemont Castle's associated electoral district is recorded as Gordon and Buchan[19].
  • Esslemont Castle's historic county is recorded as Aberdeenshire[20].
  • Esslemont Castle's GB1900 ID is recorded as 580578a62c66dcab3d089284[21].

Body

Geography

Esslemont Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Aberdeenshire[3], a council area[22], in United Kingdom[23] and Ellon[4], a civil parish[24], in United Kingdom[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archaeological site[7] and L-plan castle[8]. Esslemont Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[18].

History and Context

+1570-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Esslemont Castle[10].

Why It Matters

Esslemont Castle ranks in the top 8% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

CastlesFortsBattles United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Canmore. wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Canmore. canmore.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . The archaeology of slighting: a methodological framework for interpreting castle destruction in the Middle Ages. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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