Esslemont Castle
type: Thing
description: castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
additional property: PropertyValue
  property ID: P17
  value: United Kingdom
additional property: PropertyValue
  property ID: P18
  value: Esslemontoutside.jpg
additional property: PropertyValue
  property ID: P31
  value: archaeological site
additional property: PropertyValue
  property ID: P31
  value: L-plan castle
additional property: PropertyValue
  property ID: P131
  value: Aberdeenshire
additional property: PropertyValue
  property ID: P131
  value: Ellon
additional property: PropertyValue
  property ID: P373
  value: Esslemont Castle
additional property: PropertyValue
  property ID: P571
  value: 1570
additional property: PropertyValue
  property ID: P646
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additional property: PropertyValue
  property ID: P709
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additional property: PropertyValue
  property ID: P709
  value: SM3400
additional property: PropertyValue
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additional property: PropertyValue
  property ID: P793
  value: archaeological excavation
additional property: PropertyValue
  property ID: P793
  value: slighting
additional property: PropertyValue
  property ID: P1343
  value: CastlesFortsBattles
additional property: PropertyValue
  property ID: P1435
  value: category B listed building
additional property: PropertyValue
  property ID: P1435
  value: scheduled monument
additional property: PropertyValue
  property ID: P7938
  value: Gordon and Buchan
additional property: PropertyValue
  property ID: P7959
  value: Aberdeenshire
additional property: PropertyValue
  property ID: P9284
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confidence:
  popularity graph score:
    score: 0.005
    score pct: 0
    tier: established
    components:
      sitelinks: 5
      sitelinks norm: 0.012
      unique citations: 6
      unique citations norm: 0.002
      monthly pageviews: 33
      monthly pageviews norm: 0.0
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  unique citations: 6
  monthly pageviews: 33
  yearly pageviews: 58
  pageview trend:
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    v: 33
  pageview trend:
    m: 2026-07
    v: 8
  pageview trend:
    m: 2026-06
    v: 4
  pageview trend:
    m: 2026-05
    v: 1
  pageview trend:
    m: 2026-05
    v: 2
  pageview trend:
    m: 2026-04
    v: 10
  popularity:
    sitelinks: 5
    max: 423
    pct: 1.2
  tier: established
claims:
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    value: Q145
    source count: 2
    confidence: 0.4
    value label: United Kingdom
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    value: Esslemontoutside.jpg
    source count: 0
    confidence: 0.0
  P31:
    value: Q839954
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    value: Q1797722
    source count: 0
    confidence: 0.0
    value label: L-plan castle
  P131:
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    confidence: 0.2
    value label: Aberdeenshire
  P131:
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    source count: 1
    confidence: 0.2
    value label: Ellon
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    value: Esslemont Castle
    source count: 0
    confidence: 0.0
  P571:
    value: +1570-00-00T00:00:00Z
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  P625:
    value:
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    source count: 0
    confidence: 0.0
  P709:
    value: LB6740
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    confidence: 0.2
    qualifiers:
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      P582: +2015-05-07T00:00:00Z
  P709:
    value: SM3400
    source count: 0
    confidence: 0.0
    qualifiers:
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  P718:
    value: 20361
    source count: 0
    confidence: 0.0
  P793:
    value: Q959782
    source count: 1
    confidence: 0.2
    value label: archaeological excavation
    qualifiers:
      P585: +1938-00-00T00:00:00Z
  P793:
    value: Q2238935
    source count: 1
    confidence: 0.2
    value label: slighting
    qualifiers:
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  P1343:
    value: Q113626792
    source count: 0
    confidence: 0.0
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  P1435:
    value: Q10729125
    source count: 1
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    value label: category B listed building
    qualifiers:
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      P582: +2015-05-07T00:00:00Z
  P1435:
    value: Q219538
    source count: 1
    confidence: 0.2
    value label: scheduled monument
    qualifiers:
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  P7938:
    value: Q121407406
    source count: 0
    confidence: 0.0
    value label: Gordon and Buchan

P585: +2024-07-01T00:00:00Z

value: Q3290674
source count: 0
confidence: 0.0
value label: Aberdeenshire

value: 580578a62c66dcab3d089284
source count: 0
confidence: 0.0

source: Canmore
stated in qid: Q5032525

source: Historic Environment Scotland ID
stated in qid: Q19842847

source: Canmore
stated in qid: Q5032525

source: Historic Scotland listed buildings de-listings, 2010-2015
stated in qid: Q75848091

source: The archaeology of slighting: a methodological framework for interpreting castle destruction in the Middle Ages
stated in qid: Q63968666

wikidata id: Q5399926
domain: archaeological_site
level: standard
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facts url full: https://4ort.xyz/entity/esslemont-castle/facts.json
data source: Wikidata (CC0 / public domain)
license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
api version: v1
served at: 2026-08-29T05:06:23.113157Z
entity updated at: 2026-05-03T21:19:00.258443+00:00Z
entity created at: 2026-04-10T23:17:07.860081+00:00Z