Shotwick Castle

Summary

Shotwick Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle^[1]. It draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (motte_and_bailey_castle category, ranking #28 of 72).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shotwick Castle is located in Shotwick Park^[3].
• Shotwick Castle is located in Saughall and Shotwick Park^[4].
• Shotwick Castle is in the country of United Kingdom^[5].
• Shotwick Castle's image is recorded as Shotwick Castle.jpg^[6].
• Shotwick Castle's instance of is recorded as motte-and-bailey castle^[7].
• Shotwick Castle's commissioned by is recorded as Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester^[8].
• Shotwick Castle's operator is recorded as Cheshire West and Chester^[9].
• Shotwick Castle's Commons category is recorded as Shotwick Castle^[10].
• +1093-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shotwick Castle^[11].
• Shotwick Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as SJ3493570479^[12].
• Shotwick Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.2272, 'lon': -2.97608}^[13].
• Shotwick Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026__24^[14].
• Shotwick Castle's National Heritage List for England number is recorded as 1016616^[15].
• Shotwick Castle's described by source is recorded as CastlesFortsBattles^[16].
• Shotwick Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument^[17].
• Shotwick Castle's GeoNames ID is recorded as 6286904^[18].
• Shotwick Castle's Survey of English Place-Names ID is recorded as 53283646b47fc40856001696^[19].
• Shotwick Castle's Historic England research records ID is recorded as 67153^[20].
• Shotwick Castle's Gatehouse Gazetteer place ID is recorded as English%20sites/212^[21].
• Shotwick Castle's historic county is recorded as Cheshire^[22].

Body

Geography

Shotwick Castle is in the country of United Kingdom^[5]. Located in include Shotwick Park^[3], a civil parish^[23], in United Kingdom^[24] and Saughall and Shotwick Park^[4], a civil parish^[25], in United Kingdom^[26].

Designation and Status

Shotwick Castle's instance of is recorded as motte-and-bailey castle^[7]. Its heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument^[17].

History and Context

+1093-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shotwick Castle^[11].

Why It Matters

Shotwick Castle draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (motte_and_bailey_castle category, ranking #28 of 72).^[2]