Roxburgh Castle

ruined castle near Roxburgh, Scotland
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Roxburgh Castle

Summary

Roxburgh Castle is a castle[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Roxburgh Castle is located in Scottish Borders[3].
  • Roxburgh Castle is located in Roxburgh[4].
  • Roxburgh Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Roxburgh Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[6].
  • Roxburgh Castle's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[7].
  • Roxburgh Castle is owned by David I of Scotland[8].
  • Roxburgh Castle's Commons category is recorded as Roxburgh Castle[9].
  • Roxburgh Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.5963, 'lon': -2.45687}[10].
  • Roxburgh Castle's significant event is recorded as Capture of Roxburgh[11].
  • Roxburgh Castle's significant event is recorded as Siege of Roxburgh Castle[12].
  • Roxburgh Castle's significant event is recorded as slighting[13].
  • Roxburgh Castle's described by source is recorded as CastlesFortsBattles[14].
  • Roxburgh Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[15].
  • Roxburgh Castle's associated electoral district is recorded as Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk[16].
  • Roxburgh Castle's historic county is recorded as Roxburghshire[17].

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Geography

Roxburgh Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Scottish Borders[3], a council area[18], in United Kingdom[19], founded in 1975[20] and Roxburgh[4], a civil parish[21], in United Kingdom[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include castle[6] and archaeological site[7]. Roxburgh Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[15].

History and Context

Roxburgh Castle is owned by David I of Scotland[8].

Why It Matters

Roxburgh Castle has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . Canmore. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . Canmore. wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . Canmore. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . The archaeology of slighting: a methodological framework for interpreting castle destruction in the Middle Ages. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [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.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name Roxburgh
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39175|batch #39175]]"
  2. 8w ago · Vicarage · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country United Kingdom
    Aliases
    Instance of
    Owned by David I of Scotland, Henry II of England, Edward I of England +1
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30699|batch #30699]]: Roxburgh Castle Capture of Roxburgh | Roxburgh Castle Siege of Roxburgh Castle"
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