Midhowe Broch

hillfort in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Place broch Q923344
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Midhowe Broch

Summary

Midhowe Broch is a broch[1]. It draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (broch category, ranking #3 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • Midhowe Broch is located in Orkney Islands[3].
  • Midhowe Broch is located in Rousay and Egilsay[4].
  • Midhowe Broch is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Midhowe Broch's image is recorded as Midhowe broch, Rousay, Orkney.jpg[6].
  • Midhowe Broch's image is recorded as Midhowe Broch facing the sea.jpg[7].
  • Midhowe Broch's instance of is recorded as broch[8].
  • Midhowe Broch's instance of is recorded as promontory fort[9].
  • Midhowe Broch's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[10].
  • Midhowe Broch's owned by is recorded as Historic Environment Scotland[11].
  • Midhowe Broch's operator is recorded as Historic Environment Scotland[12].
  • Midhowe Broch's location is recorded as Rousay[13].
  • Midhowe Broch's Commons category is recorded as Midhowe Broch[14].
  • Midhowe Broch's OS grid reference is recorded as HY37163059[15].
  • Midhowe Broch's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 59.15747, 'lon': -3.10039}[16].
  • Midhowe Broch's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0_qlqtg[17].
  • Midhowe Broch's Historic Environment Scotland ID is recorded as SM90218[18].
  • Midhowe Broch's Canmore ID is recorded as 2286[19].
  • Midhowe Broch's official website is recorded as https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/midhowe-broch/[20].
  • Midhowe Broch's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[21].
  • Midhowe Broch's Google Maps Customer ID is recorded as 2642290020888902552[22].
  • Midhowe Broch's Atlas of Hillforts ID is recorded as 2846[23].
  • Midhowe Broch's associated electoral district is recorded as Orkney and Shetland[24].
  • Midhowe Broch's historic county is recorded as Orkney Islands[25].
  • Midhowe Broch's OpenStreetMap way ID is recorded as 114772151[26].

Body

Geography

Midhowe Broch is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Orkney Islands[3], an archipelago[27], in United Kingdom[28] and Rousay and Egilsay[4], a civil parish[29], in United Kingdom[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include broch[8], promontory fort[9], and archaeological site[10]. Midhowe Broch's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[21].

History and Context

Midhowe Broch's owned by is recorded as Historic Environment Scotland[11].

Why It Matters

Midhowe Broch draws 17 Wikipedia views per month (broch category, ranking #3 of 17).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . 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. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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