North Balfern

hillfort in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Place contour_fort Q31057924
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North Balfern

Summary

North Balfern is a contour fort[1].

Key Facts

  • North Balfern is located in Dumfries and Galloway[2].
  • North Balfern is located in Kirkinner[3].
  • North Balfern is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • North Balfern's image is recorded as Hill fort, Ring Hill, North Balfern, Kirkinner.jpg[5].
  • North Balfern's instance of is recorded as contour fort[6].
  • North Balfern's Commons category is recorded as North Balfern[7].
  • North Balfern's OS grid reference is recorded as NX43725095[8].
  • North Balfern's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 54.82894, 'longitude': -4.43442, 'precision': 1e-05}[9].
  • North Balfern's Historic Environment Scotland ID is recorded as SM1994[10].
  • North Balfern's Canmore ID is recorded as 63414[11].
  • North Balfern's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[12].
  • North Balfern's image of design plans is recorded as Galloway Inventory 1912 Figure 34 fourthandfifthre00scot 0118.jpg[13].
  • North Balfern's Atlas of Hillforts ID is recorded as 0237[14].
  • North Balfern's associated electoral district is recorded as Dumfries and Galloway[15].
  • North Balfern's historic county is recorded as Wigtownshire[16].
  • North Balfern's GB1900 ID is recorded as 586c08542c66dc10b8080f1d[17].

Body

Geography

North Balfern is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Located in include Dumfries and Galloway[2], a council area[18], in United Kingdom[19], founded in 1975[20] and Kirkinner[3], a civil parish[21], in United Kingdom[22].

Designation and Status

North Balfern's instance of is recorded as contour fort[6]. Its heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[12].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

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