Leicester Castle

Summary

Leicester Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of motte_and_bailey_castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Leicester Castle is located in City of Leicester^[3].
• Leicester Castle is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Leicester Castle's image is recorded as Brama wjazdowa do zamku od strony zewnętrznej.jpg^[5].
• Leicester Castle's instance of is recorded as motte-and-bailey castle^[6].
• Leicester Castle's instance of is recorded as archaeological site^[7].
• Leicester Castle's commissioned by is recorded as William the Conqueror^[8].
• Leicester Castle's founder is recorded as Hugh de Grandmesnil^[9].
• Leicester Castle's part of is recorded as Leicester Castle and the Magazine Gateway^[10].
• Leicester Castle's Commons category is recorded as Leicester Castle^[11].
• +1060-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Leicester Castle^[12].
• Leicester Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.6323, 'lon': -1.14119}^[13].
• Leicester Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/086mpn^[14].
• Leicester Castle's significant event is recorded as archaeological excavation^[15].
• Leicester Castle's significant event is recorded as slighting^[16].
• Leicester Castle's category for people who died here is recorded as Q112043107^[17].
• Leicester Castle's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6287303^[18].
• Leicester Castle's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Leicester Castle'}^[19].
• Leicester Castle's TripAdvisor ID is recorded as 8697191^[20].
• Leicester Castle's Google Maps Customer ID is recorded as 4394873931096365284^[21].
• Leicester Castle's Historic England research records ID is recorded as 1048739^[22].
• Leicester Castle's Historic England research records ID is recorded as 316859^[23].
• Leicester Castle's Gatehouse Gazetteer place ID is recorded as English%20sites/1754^[24].
• Leicester Castle's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["HistoricalSite", "LeicesterCastle::sn758"]^[25].
• Leicester Castle's historic county is recorded as Leicestershire^[26].
• Leicester Castle's museum-digital place ID is recorded as 97064^[27].

Body

Geography

Leicester Castle is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. It is located in City of Leicester^[3]. Its part of is recorded as it and the Magazine Gateway^[10].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include motte-and-bailey castle^[6] and archaeological site^[7].

History and Context

+1060-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Leicester Castle^[12].

Why It Matters

Leicester Castle ranks in the top 7% of motte_and_bailey_castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]