Fotheringhay Castle

ruined castle in Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England, UK
AdministrativeArea motte_and_bailey_castle Q1439593
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Fotheringhay Castle

Summary

Fotheringhay Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of motte_and_bailey_castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (443 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fotheringhay Castle is located in Fotheringhay[3].
  • Fotheringhay Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Fotheringhay Castle's image is recorded as Fotheringhay motte, 2009.jpg[5].
  • Fotheringhay Castle's instance of is recorded as motte-and-bailey castle[6].
  • Fotheringhay Castle's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[7].
  • Fotheringhay Castle's Commons category is recorded as Fotheringhay Castle[8].
  • Fotheringhay Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as TL0622192967[9].
  • Fotheringhay Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.524333333333, 'lon': -0.43622222222222}[10].
  • Fotheringhay Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.5242, 'lon': -0.43572}[11].
  • Fotheringhay Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025s1y5[12].
  • Fotheringhay Castle's National Heritage List for England number is recorded as 1012072[13].
  • Fotheringhay Castle's described by source is recorded as CastlesFortsBattles[14].
  • Fotheringhay Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[15].
  • Fotheringhay Castle's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6286664[16].
  • Fotheringhay Castle's TripAdvisor ID is recorded as 15749773[17].
  • Fotheringhay Castle's Google Maps Customer ID is recorded as 9366506367058118383[18].
  • Fotheringhay Castle's Historic England research records ID is recorded as 361605[19].
  • Fotheringhay Castle's Gatehouse Gazetteer place ID is recorded as English%20sites/2221[20].
  • Fotheringhay Castle's historic county is recorded as Northamptonshire[21].
  • Fotheringhay Castle's SNARC ID is recorded as kerosene[22].
  • Fotheringhay Castle's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/1c2f1f6f-b201-4a7a-9080-2d3c7477123d[23].

Body

Geography

Fotheringhay Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Fotheringhay[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include motte-and-bailey castle[6] and archaeological site[7]. Fotheringhay Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[15].

Why It Matters

Fotheringhay Castle ranks in the top 1% of motte_and_bailey_castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (443 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . National Heritage List for England. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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