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Gylen Castle

castle in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
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Gylen Castle

Summary

Gylen Castle is a tower house[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Gylen Castle is located in Argyll and Bute[3].
  • Gylen Castle is located in Kilmore and Kilbride[4].
  • Gylen Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Gylen Castle's instance of is recorded as tower house[6].
  • Gylen Castle's architectural style is recorded as Renaissance[7].
  • Gylen Castle's Commons category is recorded as Gylen Castle[8].
  • 1582 marks the founding of Gylen Castle[9].
  • Gylen Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 56.37936111111111, 'lon': -5.556555555555556}[10].
  • Gylen Castle's described by source is recorded as CastlesFortsBattles[11].
  • Gylen Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[12].
  • Gylen Castle's associated electoral district is recorded as Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber[13].
  • Gylen Castle's historic county is recorded as Argyll[14].

Body

Geography

Gylen Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Argyll and Bute[3], a council area[15], in United Kingdom[16], founded in 1996[17] and Kilmore and Kilbride[4], a civil parish[18], in United Kingdom[19].

Designation and Status

Gylen Castle's instance of is recorded as tower house[6]. Its heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[12].

History and Context

1582 marks the founding of Gylen Castle[9].

Why It Matters

Gylen Castle has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Related Entities

CastlesFortsBattles United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . canmore.org.uk. canmore.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Short name → Gylen
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Argyll and Bute, Kilmore and Kilbride
    Coordinates → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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