Groby Castle

castle in Leicestershire, England, UK
Place archaeological_site Q5609924
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Groby Castle

Summary

Groby Castle is an archaeological site[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Groby Castle is located in Groby[3].
  • Groby Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Groby Castle's image is recorded as Groby Castle plan.jpg[5].
  • Groby Castle's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[6].
  • Groby Castle's instance of is recorded as motte-and-bailey castle[7].
  • Groby Castle's Commons category is recorded as Groby Castle[8].
  • Groby Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as SK5239807621[9].
  • Groby Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.6638, 'lon': -1.22676}[10].
  • Groby Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027kf8q[11].
  • Groby Castle's significant event is recorded as slighting[12].
  • Groby Castle's National Heritage List for England number is recorded as 1010193[13].
  • Groby Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[14].
  • Groby Castle's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6287420[15].
  • Groby Castle's Historic England research records ID is recorded as 921163[16].
  • Groby Castle's Gatehouse Gazetteer place ID is recorded as English%20sites/1767[17].
  • Groby Castle's historic county is recorded as Leicestershire[18].

Body

Geography

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

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archaeological site[6] and motte-and-bailey castle[7]. Groby Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[14].

Why It Matters

Groby Castle ranks in the top 8% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).[2]

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] . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . The archaeology of slighting: a methodological framework for interpreting castle destruction in the Middle Ages. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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