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Sandal Castle

medieval castle in England
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Sandal Castle

Summary

Sandal Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of motte_and_bailey_castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sandal Castle is located in Wakefield[3].
  • Sandal Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Sandal Castle's instance of is recorded as motte-and-bailey castle[5].
  • Sandal Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[6].
  • Sandal Castle's architectural style is recorded as Gothic architecture[7].
  • Sandal Castle took place at Sandal Magna[8].
  • Sandal Castle's Commons category is recorded as Sandal Castle[9].
  • Sandal Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as SE3372818159[10].
  • Sandal Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.6587, 'lon': -1.49063}[11].
  • Sandal Castle's official website is recorded as https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/museums-and-castles/sandal-castle[12].
  • Sandal Castle's has facility is recorded as accessible toilet[13].
  • Sandal Castle's time of earliest written record is recorded as 1240[14].
  • Sandal Castle's described by source is recorded as CastlesFortsBattles[15].
  • Sandal Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[16].
  • Sandal Castle's heritage designation is recorded as Grade II* listed building[17].
  • Sandal Castle's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sandal Castle'}[18].
  • Sandal Castle's historic county is recorded as Yorkshire[19].
  • Sandal Castle's category for the view from the item is recorded as Category:Views from Sandal Castle[20].

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Geography

Sandal Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Wakefield[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include motte-and-bailey castle[5] and castle[6]. Heritage statuses include scheduled monument[16] and Grade II* listed building[17].

Why It Matters

Sandal Castle ranks in the top 7% of motte_and_bailey_castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

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] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . gatehouse-gazetteer.info. gatehouse-gazetteer.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/museums-and-castles/sandal-cast
    Has facility → accessible toilet
    Instance of → motte-and-bailey castle, castle
    Website → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32660|batch #32660]]: better qualifier for unparished areas (4): Change P131 qualifier"
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