Old Sarum

site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury in England
Place castle Q782719
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Old Sarum

Summary

Old Sarum is a castle[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (478 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Old Sarum is located in Salisbury[3].
  • Old Sarum is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Old Sarum's image is recorded as Aerial photograph of Old Sarum site, on departure from Old Sarum airfield.jpg[5].
  • Old Sarum's instance of is recorded as castle[6].
  • Old Sarum's instance of is recorded as contour fort[7].
  • Old Sarum's instance of is recorded as human settlement[8].
  • Old Sarum's owned by is recorded as English Heritage[9].
  • Old Sarum's operator is recorded as English Heritage[10].
  • Old Sarum's Commons category is recorded as Old Sarum[11].
  • Old Sarum's has part is recorded as Old Sarum Cathedral[12].
  • Old Sarum's has part is recorded as Old Sarum Castle[13].
  • Old Sarum's OS grid reference is recorded as SU13773269[14].
  • Old Sarum's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.093333333333334, 'lon': -1.8047222222222223}[15].
  • Old Sarum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/018_tw[16].
  • Old Sarum's official website is recorded as https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/old-sarum/[17].
  • Old Sarum's has facility is recorded as accessible toilet[18].
  • Old Sarum's WOEID is recorded as 30961[19].
  • Old Sarum's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7302567[20].
  • Old Sarum's BBC Things ID is recorded as 3397990f-ded5-4c95-b540-98a9561cdc2e[21].
  • Old Sarum's Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID is recorded as 23043[22].
  • Old Sarum's TripAdvisor ID is recorded as 218261[23].
  • Old Sarum's Vision of Britain place ID is recorded as 20394[24].
  • Old Sarum's Google Maps Customer ID is recorded as 15552041197903497308[25].
  • Old Sarum's Atlas of Hillforts ID is recorded as 0406[26].
  • Old Sarum's Who's on First ID is recorded as 1360798541[27].

Body

Geography

Old Sarum is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Salisbury[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include castle[6], contour fort[7], and human settlement[8].

History and Context

Old Sarum's owned by is recorded as English Heritage[9].

Why It Matters

Old Sarum ranks in the top 1% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (478 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . 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.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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