Kisimul Castle

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

Summary

Kisimul Castle is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (86 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kisimul Castle is located in Outer Hebrides[3].
  • Kisimul Castle is located in Barra[4].
  • Kisimul Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Kisimul Castle is on the body of water Sea of the Hebrides[6].
  • Kisimul Castle's instance of is recorded as island[7].
  • Kisimul Castle's instance of is recorded as tower house[8].
  • Kisimul Castle's instance of is recorded as island castle[9].
  • Kisimul Castle is owned by Clan MacNeil[10].
  • Kisimul Castle is owned by Historic Environment Scotland[11].
  • Kisimul Castle is operated by Historic Environment Scotland[12].
  • Kisimul Castle is part of Outer Hebrides[13].
  • Kisimul Castle's Commons category is recorded as Kisimul Castle[14].
  • 1427 marks the founding of Kisimul Castle[15].
  • Kisimul Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 56.952, 'lon': -7.487}[16].
  • Kisimul Castle's official website is recorded as https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/kisimul-castle/[17].
  • Kisimul Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[18].
  • Kisimul Castle's category for maps or plans is recorded as Category:Plans of Kisimul Castle[19].
  • Kisimul Castle's associated electoral district is recorded as Na h-Eileanan an Iar[20].
  • Kisimul Castle's historic county is recorded as Inverness-shire[21].

Body

Geography

Kisimul Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Outer Hebrides[3], an archipelago[22], in United Kingdom[23] and Barra[4], a civil parish[24], in United Kingdom[25]. It is on the body of water Sea of the Hebrides[6]. It is part of Outer Hebrides[13].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include island[7], tower house[8], and island castle[9]. Kisimul Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[18].

History and Context

1427 marks the founding of Kisimul Castle[15]. Owners include Clan MacNeil[10], a clan[26], in United Kingdom[27] and Historic Environment Scotland[11], a nonprofit organization[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 2015[30], headquartered in Edinburgh[31].

Why It Matters

Kisimul Castle ranks in the top 5% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (86 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . canmore.org.uk. canmore.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d 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 Kisimul
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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