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Dumbarton Castle

castle in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
Place castle Q2177200

Facts

14 properties

Designation

Instance of
castle, contour fort[4]
Heritage designation
category A listed building, part of a Scheduled Monument[11]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 55.936°, -4.563°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
West Dunbartonshire[2]
More facts +9
Owned by
Historic Environment Scotland[5]
Official website
www.historicenvironment.scot[9]
Short name
Dumbarton[12]
Associated electoral district
West Dunbartonshire[13]
Described by source
CastlesFortsBattles[10]
Historic county
Dunbartonshire[14]
Located in/on physical feature
Dumbarton Rock[8]
Operator
Historic Environment Scotland[6]
Participated in conflict
Siege of Dumbarton[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Dumbarton Castle en Dumbarton Military Hospital es Castillo de Dumbarton fa قلعه دامبارتون fr château de Dumbarton id Puri Dumbarton it Dumbarton Rock ja ダンバートン城 pt Castelo de Dumbarton ru Замок Дамбартон tr Dumbarton Kalesi zh 敦巴頓城堡 zh 敦巴頓岩 zh-hant 敦巴頓巖
🔖 Identifiers · 12
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Dumbarton Castle 20090607 south entrance.jpg ↗
Art UK venue ID
dumbarton-castle-6987
Atlas of Hillforts ID
1365
British Listed Buildings ID
200360988
Canmore ID
43376
Freebase ID
/m/06dzxx
GB1900 ID
5922fe4e2c66dc085a03716d
Google Maps Customer ID
6005959775571955597
Historic Environment Scotland ID
LB24880, SM90107
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
368589
TripAdvisor ID
1806600
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Castle", "DumbartonCastle::4726v"]

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🔗 Connections
Associated electoral district 1
West Dunbartonshire
Country 1
United Kingdom
Described by source 1
CastlesFortsBattles
Historic county 1
Dunbartonshire
Instance of 1
castle
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
West Dunbartonshire
Operator 1
Historic Environment Scotland
Owned by 1
Historic Environment Scotland
← Has works in the collection 1
Hans Eworth
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Summary

Dumbarton Castle is a castle[1].

Related Entities

CastlesFortsBattles United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Dumbarton'}
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39175|batch #39175]]"
  2. 25w ago · Vicarage · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → —
    Owned by → Historic Environment Scotland
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30699|batch #30699]]: Dumbarton Castle Siege of Dumbarton"
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