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Scarborough Castle

medieval castle overlooking Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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Scarborough Castle

Summary

Scarborough Castle is a castle[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (112 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scarborough Castle is located in Scarborough[3].
  • Scarborough Castle is located in Scarborough[4].
  • Scarborough Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Scarborough Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[6].
  • Scarborough Castle's commissioned by is recorded as William le Gros, 1st Earl of Albemarle[7].
  • Scarborough Castle is owned by English Heritage[8].
  • Scarborough Castle is operated by English Heritage[9].
  • Scarborough Castle is made of limestone[10].
  • Scarborough Castle's Commons category is recorded as Scarborough Castle[11].
  • +1130-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Scarborough Castle[12].
  • Scarborough Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.2869, 'lon': -0.388034}[13].
  • Scarborough Castle's significant event is recorded as Great Siege of Scarborough Castle[14].
  • Scarborough Castle's official website is recorded as https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/scarborough-castle/[15].
  • Scarborough Castle's described by source is recorded as CastlesFortsBattles[16].
  • Scarborough Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[17].
  • Scarborough Castle's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+15'}[18].
  • Scarborough Castle's historic county is recorded as Yorkshire[19].

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Geography

Scarborough Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Scarborough[3], a town[20], in United Kingdom[21].

Designation and Status

Scarborough Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[6]. Its heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[17].

History and Context

+1130-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Scarborough Castle[12]. It is owned by English Heritage[8].

Why It Matters

Scarborough Castle ranks in the top 4% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (112 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

Related Entities

CastlesFortsBattles United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . 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. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · Vicarage · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
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    Owned by → English Heritage
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30699|batch #30699]]: Scarborough Castle Great Siege of Scarborough Castle"
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