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Gleaston Castle

14th-century enclosure castle in England
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Gleaston Castle

Summary

Gleaston Castle is an archaeological site[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gleaston Castle is located in Aldingham[3].
  • Gleaston Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Gleaston Castle's image is recorded as North-Tower-from-NW.jpg[5].
  • Gleaston Castle's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[6].
  • Gleaston Castle's instance of is recorded as enclosure castle[7].
  • Gleaston Castle's commissioned by is recorded as John Harington, 1st Baron Harington[8].
  • Gleaston Castle's made from material is recorded as limestone[9].
  • Gleaston Castle's made from material is recorded as sandstone[10].
  • Gleaston Castle's Commons category is recorded as Gleaston Castle[11].
  • +1350-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Gleaston Castle[12].
  • Gleaston Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as SD2611871396[13].
  • Gleaston Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.1336, 'lon': -3.13159}[14].
  • Gleaston Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027cy5b[15].
  • Gleaston Castle's significant event is recorded as abandonment[16].
  • Gleaston Castle's significant event is recorded as archaeological field survey[17].
  • Gleaston Castle's National Heritage List for England number is recorded as 1312114[18].
  • Gleaston Castle's National Heritage List for England number is recorded as 1013966[19].
  • Gleaston Castle's described by source is recorded as CastlesFortsBattles[20].
  • Gleaston Castle's replaces is recorded as Aldingham Motte[21].
  • Gleaston Castle's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed building[22].
  • Gleaston Castle's heritage designation is recorded as Heritage at Risk register[23].
  • Gleaston Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[24].
  • Gleaston Castle's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6286893[25].
  • Gleaston Castle's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03752228n[26].
  • Gleaston Castle's Historic England research records ID is recorded as 38056[27].

Body

Geography

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

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archaeological site[6] and enclosure castle[7]. Heritage statuses include Grade I listed building[22], Heritage at Risk register[23], and scheduled monument[24].

History and Context

+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Gleaston Castle[12].

Why It Matters

Gleaston Castle ranks in the top 9% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

CastlesFortsBattles United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Historic England. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . castlestudiestrust.org. castlestudiestrust.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . castlestudiestrust.org. castlestudiestrust.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . historicengland.org.uk. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Historic England. list.historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Historic England. risk.historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Historic England. list.historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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