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Merchiston Tower

castle in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Merchiston Tower

Summary

Merchiston Tower is a castle[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Merchiston Tower is located in City of Edinburgh[3].
  • Merchiston Tower is located in Edinburgh[4].
  • Merchiston Tower is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Merchiston Tower's image is recorded as Merchiston Tower, Edinburgh.jpg[6].
  • Merchiston Tower's instance of is recorded as castle[7].
  • Merchiston Tower's location is recorded as Edinburgh[8].
  • Merchiston Tower's Commons category is recorded as Merchiston Castle[9].
  • +1454-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Merchiston Tower[10].
  • Merchiston Tower's OS grid reference is recorded as NT2425971805[11].
  • Merchiston Tower's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 55.9333, 'longitude': -3.21391, 'precision': 1e-06}[12].
  • Merchiston Tower's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f9f53[13].
  • Merchiston Tower's Historic Environment Scotland ID is recorded as LB26828[14].
  • Merchiston Tower's Canmore ID is recorded as 52598[15].
  • Merchiston Tower's heritage designation is recorded as category A listed building[16].
  • Merchiston Tower's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as merchiston-tower[17].
  • Merchiston Tower's associated electoral district is recorded as Edinburgh South[18].
  • Merchiston Tower's historic county is recorded as Midlothian[19].
  • Merchiston Tower's Kulturenvanteri monument ID is recorded as 368891[20].
  • Merchiston Tower's British Listed Buildings ID is recorded as 200363679[21].
  • Merchiston Tower's SNARC ID is recorded as Nymphaea[22].

Why It Matters

Merchiston Tower ranks in the top 8% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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