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Dundonald Castle

castle in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
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Dundonald Castle

Summary

Dundonald Castle is a castle[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dundonald Castle is located in South Ayrshire[3].
  • Dundonald Castle is located in Dundonald[4].
  • Dundonald Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Dundonald Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[6].
  • Dundonald Castle's instance of is recorded as contour fort[7].
  • Dundonald Castle's instance of is recorded as level terrain fort[8].
  • Dundonald Castle's Commons category is recorded as Dundonald Castle[9].
  • Dundonald Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as NS36363451[10].
  • Dundonald Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.57668, 'lon': -4.59729}[11].
  • Dundonald Castle's significant event is recorded as slighting[12].
  • Dundonald Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[13].
  • Dundonald Castle's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Dundonald'}[14].
  • Dundonald Castle's associated electoral district is recorded as Central Ayrshire[15].
  • Dundonald Castle's historic county is recorded as Ayrshire[16].

Body

Geography

Dundonald Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include South Ayrshire[3], a council area[17], in United Kingdom[18], founded in 1975[19] and Dundonald[4], a civil parish[20], in United Kingdom[21].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include castle[6], contour fort[7], and level terrain fort[8]. Dundonald Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[13].

Why It Matters

Dundonald Castle ranks in the top 6% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Kingdom of Scotland Robert II of Scotland United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . canmore.org.uk. canmore.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . The archaeology of slighting: a methodological framework for interpreting castle destruction in the Middle Ages. canmore.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [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.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'it', 'nl', 'pt']
    Gnd id → 7557363-5
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 14w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom, Kingdom of Scotland
    Short name → {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Dundonald'}
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → South Ayrshire, Dundonald
    Coordinates → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39175|batch #39175]]"
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