Elcho Castle

tower house in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
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Elcho Castle

Summary

Elcho Castle is a tower house[1]. It draws 80 Wikipedia views per month (tower_house category, ranking #20 of 122).[2]

Key Facts

  • Elcho Castle is located in Perth and Kinross[3].
  • Elcho Castle is located in Rhynd[4].
  • Elcho Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Elcho Castle is on the body of water River Tay[6].
  • Elcho Castle's instance of is recorded as tower house[7].
  • Elcho Castle's Commons category is recorded as Elcho Castle[8].
  • Elcho Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 56.37461111111111, 'lon': -3.3545}[9].
  • Elcho Castle's official website is recorded as https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/elcho-castle/[10].
  • Elcho Castle's described by source is recorded as The Buildings of Scotland: Perth and Kinross[11].
  • Elcho Castle's described by source is recorded as Examples of Scottish Architecture from the 12th to the 17th Century Volume 1[12].
  • Elcho Castle's described by source is recorded as CastlesFortsBattles[13].
  • Elcho Castle's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[14].
  • Elcho Castle's associated electoral district is recorded as Perth and Kinross-shire[15].
  • Elcho Castle's historic county is recorded as Perthshire[16].

Body

Geography

Elcho Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Perth and Kinross[3], a council area[17], in United Kingdom[18], founded in 1996[19] and Rhynd[4], a civil parish[20], in United Kingdom[21]. It is on the body of water River Tay[6].

Designation and Status

Elcho Castle's instance of is recorded as tower house[7]. Its heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[14].

Why It Matters

Elcho Castle draws 80 Wikipedia views per month (tower_house category, ranking #20 of 122).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . canmore.org.uk. canmore.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . maps.nls.uk. maps.nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: 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.

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  1. 19d ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country United Kingdom
    Located in or next to body of water River Tay
    Short name Elcho
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Perth and Kinross, Rhynd
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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