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St Catherine's Castle

castle in Fowey, Cornwall, England, UK
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St Catherine's Castle

Summary

St Catherine's Castle is a castle[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • St Catherine's Castle is located in Fowey[3].
  • St Catherine's Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • St Catherine's Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[5].
  • St Catherine's Castle's instance of is recorded as fort[6].
  • St Catherine's Castle's commissioned by is recorded as Thomas Treffry[7].
  • St Catherine's Castle is owned by English Heritage[8].
  • St Catherine's Castle is operated by English Heritage[9].
  • St Catherine's Castle is part of Device Forts[10].
  • St Catherine's Castle's Commons category is recorded as St Catherine's Castle[11].
  • 1538 marks the founding of St Catherine's Castle[12].
  • St Catherine's Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as SX1187150934[13].
  • St Catherine's Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as SX1187950938[14].
  • St Catherine's Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.3282, 'lon': -4.64453}[15].
  • St Catherine's Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.3283, 'lon': -4.64438}[16].
  • St Catherine's Castle's official website is recorded as https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/st-catherines-castle/[17].
  • St Catherine's Castle's described by source is recorded as Akademi Kernewek's Place Names[18].
  • St Catherine's Castle's heritage designation is recorded as Grade II* listed building[19].
  • St Catherine's Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[20].
  • St Catherine's Castle's historic county is recorded as Cornwall[21].

Body

Geography

St Catherine's Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Fowey[3]. It is part of Device Forts[10].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include castle[5] and fort[6]. Heritage statuses include Grade II* listed building[19] and scheduled monument[20].

History and Context

1538 marks the founding of St Catherine's Castle[12]. It is owned by English Heritage[8].

Why It Matters

St Catherine's Castle ranks in the top 7% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

Related Entities

Akademi Kernewek's Place Names United Kingdom

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. 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. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Akademi Kernewek's Place Names. Retrieved . akademikernewek.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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. 8w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Part of → Device Forts
    Short name → St Catherine's
    Operator → English Heritage
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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