Scalloway Castle

tower house in Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
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Scalloway Castle

Summary

Scalloway Castle is a tower house[1]. It draws 24 Wikipedia views per month (tower_house category, ranking #26 of 122).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scalloway Castle is located in Shetland Islands[3].
  • Scalloway Castle is located in Tingwall[4].
  • Scalloway Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Scalloway Castle's image is recorded as Scalloway Castle - geograph.org.uk - 335271.jpg[6].
  • Scalloway Castle's instance of is recorded as tower house[7].
  • Scalloway Castle's founder is recorded as Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney[8].
  • Scalloway Castle's owned by is recorded as Patrick Stewart[9].
  • Scalloway Castle's location is recorded as Scalloway[10].
  • Scalloway Castle's Commons category is recorded as Scalloway Castle[11].
  • +1599-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Scalloway Castle[12].
  • Scalloway Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 60.136269444444, 'lon': -1.2742888888889}[13].
  • Scalloway Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06358l[14].
  • Scalloway Castle's located in/on physical feature is recorded as South Mainland[15].
  • Scalloway Castle's Historic Environment Scotland ID is recorded as SM90273[16].
  • Scalloway Castle's Canmore ID is recorded as 973[17].
  • Scalloway Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[18].
  • Scalloway Castle's associated electoral district is recorded as Orkney and Shetland[19].
  • Scalloway Castle's historic county is recorded as Shetland Islands[20].
  • Scalloway Castle's GB1900 ID is recorded as 590caee92c66dcf8fa133861[21].
  • Scalloway Castle's Sketchfab model ID is recorded as scalloway-castle-scotland-27a7632959234074917c8a016c1ed81c,"Scalloway Castle"|P1476|en:" Scotland"[22].

Body

Geography

Scalloway Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Shetland Islands[3], an archipelago[23], in United Kingdom[24] and Tingwall[4], a civil parish[25], in United Kingdom[26].

Designation and Status

Scalloway Castle's instance of is recorded as tower house[7]. Its heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[18].

History and Context

+1599-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Scalloway Castle[12]. Its owned by is recorded as Patrick Stewart[9].

Why It Matters

Scalloway Castle draws 24 Wikipedia views per month (tower_house category, ranking #26 of 122).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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