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Kisimul Castle

castle on a small island near Castlebay, Scotland
Landform island Q79160

Facts

14 properties

Designation

Instance of
island, tower house, island castle[6][7]
Heritage designation
category A listed building, scheduled monument[14]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 56.952°, -7.487°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Outer Hebrides, Barra[2][3]

Period and style

Inception
1427[12]
More facts +8
Owned by
Clan MacNeil, Historic Environment Scotland[8][9]
Official website
www.historicenvironment.scot[13]
Part of
Outer Hebrides[11]
Short name
Kisimul[15]
Associated electoral district
Na h-Eileanan an Iar[16]
Historic county
Inverness-shire[17]
Located in or next to body of water
Sea of the Hebrides[5]
Operator
Historic Environment Scotland[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kisimul Castle fr château de Kisimul hu Kisimul vára it Castello di Kisimul it Kisimul Castle ja キシムル城 pt Castelo Kisimul ru Кисимул uk Кісімул
🔖 Identifiers · 10
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Kisimul Castle 20090609.jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
44bc5aaa-94f1-4caa-b3de-231403e8ec17
British Listed Buildings ID
200337405
Canmore ID
21390
Dictionary of Scottish Architects building ID
216904
Freebase ID
/m/02rmw2
Google Maps Customer ID
3207718631749260455
Historic Environment Scotland ID
LB5901, SM90347
OpenStreetMap relation ID
12093686
TripAdvisor ID
2292884

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 3
island, tower house, island castle
Owned by 2
Historic Environment Scotland, Clan MacNeil
Associated electoral district 1
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Country 1
United Kingdom
Heritage designation 1
scheduled monument
Historic county 1
Inverness-shire
Located in or next to body of water 1
Sea of the Hebrides
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Outer Hebrides
Operator 1
Historic Environment Scotland
Part of 1
Outer Hebrides
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Summary

Kisimul Castle is an island[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . canmore.org.uk. canmore.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Chalmd · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BBC Things ID → 44bc5aaa-94f1-4caa-b3de-231403e8ec17
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ BBC Things ID: 44bc5aaa-94f1-4caa-b3de-231403e8ec17, Adding BBC Things ID"
  2. 18w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Located in or next to body of water → Sea of the Hebrides
    Part of → Outer Hebrides
    Short name → {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Kisimul'}
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39175|batch #39175]]"
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