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Maiden Castle

Iron Age hill fort in Dorset, England, UK
Place archaeological_site Q1232816
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Maiden Castle

Summary

Maiden Castle is an archaeological site[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Maiden Castle is located in Winterborne St Martin[3].
  • Maiden Castle is located in Dorset[4].
  • Maiden Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Maiden Castle's image is recorded as Aerial photograph of Maiden Castle, 1935.jpg[6].
  • Maiden Castle's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[7].
  • Maiden Castle's instance of is recorded as contour fort[8].
  • Maiden Castle's owned by is recorded as English Heritage[9].
  • Maiden Castle's operator is recorded as English Heritage[10].
  • Maiden Castle's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 236923339[11].
  • Maiden Castle's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 317276265[12].
  • Maiden Castle's GND ID is recorded as 4276767-2[13].
  • Maiden Castle's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh92004959[14].
  • Maiden Castle's Commons category is recorded as Maiden Castle, Dorset[15].
  • -0600-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Maiden Castle[16].
  • Maiden Castle was dissolved in +0100-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Maiden Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as SY66938848[18].
  • Maiden Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.695, 'lon': -2.4699999999999998}[19].
  • Maiden Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/014qfv[20].
  • Maiden Castle's significant event is recorded as archaeological excavation[21].
  • Maiden Castle's official website is recorded as https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/maiden-castle/[22].
  • Maiden Castle's National Heritage List for England number is recorded as 1015775[23].
  • Maiden Castle's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Maiden-Castle[24].
  • Maiden Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[25].
  • Maiden Castle's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2643187[26].
  • Maiden Castle's Pleiades ID is recorded as 232755444[27].

Body

Geography

Maiden Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Winterborne St Martin[3], a village[28], in United Kingdom[29] and Dorset[4], a ceremonial county of England[30], in United Kingdom[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+6.4'}[32] and {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+19'}[33]. Maiden Castle's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+132'}[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archaeological site[7] and contour fort[8]. Maiden Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[25].

History and Context

-0600-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Maiden Castle[16]. Its owned by is recorded as English Heritage[9].

Why It Matters

Maiden Castle ranks in the top 3% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Mortimer Wheeler United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . 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. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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