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Taunton Castle

fortified castle in Somerset, England, UK
Organization castle Q7688781
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Taunton Castle

Summary

Taunton Castle is a castle[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taunton Castle is located in Taunton[3].
  • Taunton Castle is located in Somerset West and Taunton[4].
  • Taunton Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Taunton Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[6].
  • Taunton Castle's instance of is recorded as history museum[7].
  • Taunton Castle's Commons category is recorded as Taunton Castle[8].
  • 1129 marks the founding of Taunton Castle[9].
  • Taunton Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as ST2261024580[10].
  • Taunton Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.0153, 'lon': -3.1138}[11].
  • Taunton Castle's official website is recorded as https://swheritage.org.uk/museum-of-somerset/[12].
  • Taunton Castle's has facility is recorded as accessible toilet[13].
  • Taunton Castle's described by source is recorded as CastlesFortsBattles[14].
  • Taunton Castle's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed building[15].
  • Taunton Castle's historic county is recorded as Somerset[16].

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Founding

1129 marks the founding of Taunton Castle[9].

Why It Matters

Taunton Castle ranks in the top 7% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

Related Entities

CastlesFortsBattles United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://swheritage.org.uk/museum-of-somerset/
    Has facility → accessible toilet
    Instance of → castle, history museum
    Website → —
    + 13 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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