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Fordyce Castle

castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
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Fordyce Castle

Summary

Fordyce Castle is a tower house[1].

Key Facts

  • Fordyce Castle is located in Aberdeenshire[2].
  • Fordyce Castle is located in Fordyce[3].
  • Fordyce Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Fordyce Castle's instance of is recorded as tower house[5].
  • The location of Fordyce Castle was Fordyce[6].
  • Fordyce Castle's Commons category is recorded as Fordyce Castle[7].
  • 1592 marks the founding of Fordyce Castle[8].
  • Fordyce Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as NJ5557963797[9].
  • Fordyce Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 57.6618594635065, 'longitude': -2.74615126848318, 'precision': 1e-06}[10].
  • Fordyce Castle's heritage designation is recorded as category A listed building[11].
  • Fordyce Castle's associated electoral district is recorded as Aberdeenshire North and Moray East[12].
  • Fordyce Castle's historic county is recorded as Banffshire[13].

Body

Geography

Fordyce Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Located in include Aberdeenshire[2], a council area[14], in United Kingdom[15] and Fordyce[3], a civil parish[16], in United Kingdom[17].

Designation and Status

Fordyce Castle's instance of is recorded as tower house[5]. Its heritage designation is recorded as category A listed building[11].

History and Context

1592 marks the founding of Fordyce Castle[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . canmore.org.uk. canmore.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Dictionary of scottish architects building id → 411543
    Short name → Fordyce
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Aberdeenshire, Fordyce
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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