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Okehampton Castle

motte and bailey castle with associated earthworks north of the West Okement River.
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Okehampton Castle

Summary

Okehampton Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle[1]. It draws 41 Wikipedia views per month (motte_and_bailey_castle category, ranking #9 of 72).[2]

Key Facts

  • Okehampton Castle is located in Okehampton[3].
  • Okehampton Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Okehampton Castle's image is recorded as Okehampton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 31510.jpg[5].
  • Okehampton Castle's instance of is recorded as motte-and-bailey castle[6].
  • Okehampton Castle's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[7].
  • Okehampton Castle's instance of is recorded as independent museum[8].
  • Okehampton Castle's founder is recorded as Baldwin FitzGilbert[9].
  • Okehampton Castle's owned by is recorded as English Heritage[10].
  • Okehampton Castle's operator is recorded as English Heritage[11].
  • Okehampton Castle's Commons category is recorded as Okehampton Castle[12].
  • +1068-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Okehampton Castle[13].
  • Okehampton Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as SX5834294249[14].
  • Okehampton Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.7306, 'lon': -4.00894}[15].
  • Okehampton Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.7306, 'lon': -4.0083}[16].
  • Okehampton Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09rld8[17].
  • Okehampton Castle's official website is recorded as https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/okehampton-castle/[18].
  • Okehampton Castle's has facility is recorded as accessible toilet[19].
  • Okehampton Castle's National Heritage List for England number is recorded as 1165647[20].
  • Okehampton Castle's National Heritage List for England number is recorded as 1007812[21].
  • Okehampton Castle's described by source is recorded as CastlesFortsBattles[22].
  • Okehampton Castle's described by source is recorded as Castellogy[23].
  • Okehampton Castle's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed building[24].
  • Okehampton Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[25].
  • Okehampton Castle's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6287049[26].
  • Okehampton Castle's TripAdvisor ID is recorded as 2209682[27].

Body

Founding

Okehampton Castle's founder is recorded as Baldwin FitzGilbert[9]. +1068-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[13].

Operations

Okehampton Castle's operator is recorded as English Heritage[11].

Ownership

Okehampton Castle's owned by is recorded as English Heritage[10].

Why It Matters

Okehampton Castle draws 41 Wikipedia views per month (motte_and_bailey_castle category, ranking #9 of 72).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

CastlesFortsBattles United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Excavations at Okehampton castle, Devon. Part I: the motte and keep. wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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