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Oakham Castle

Grade I listed castle in Oakham, United Kingdom
Administrative Area Motte And Bailey Castle Q2968294

Facts

11 properties

Designation

Instance of
motte-and-bailey castle
Heritage designation
Grade I listed building, scheduled monument[8][9]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[3]
Location
Oakham[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 52.672°, -0.727°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Oakham[2]
Postal code
LE15 6DR[5]
More facts +4
Official website
www.oakhamcastle.org[7]
Short name
Oakham[10]
Historic county
Rutland[11]
OS grid reference
SK8614708895[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Oakham Castle en Oakham motte and bailey castle and medieval gardens fr château d'Oakham he טירת אוקהאם tr Oakham Kalesi
🔖 Identifiers · 13
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh2014100168
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Oakham Castle and church spire.jpg ↗
Atlas Obscura place ID
oakham-castle
British Listed Buildings ID
101073277
Freebase ID
/m/0gg8yzb
Gatehouse Gazetteer place ID
English%20sites/3031
GeoNames ID
6287322
Google Maps Customer ID
11864146571667542319
J9U entity ID
987007407419605171
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
371397
Mapping Museums ID
mm.domus.EM071
National Heritage List for England number
1073277, 1010702
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Tripadvisor ID
1414344
📚 Sources · 1
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
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Credit
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🔗 Connections
Country 1
United Kingdom
Heritage designation 1
scheduled monument
Instance of 1
motte-and-bailey castle
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Oakham
Location 1
Oakham
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Summary

Oakham Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → Oakham
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #39175"
  2. 25w ago · Libanp · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.oakhamcastle.org/
    Heritage designation → Grade I listed building, scheduled monument
    Aerial view → Oakham Castle site, aerial 2018 - geograph.org.uk - 5963656.
    Postal code → LE15 6DR
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Museum Countries from MML (details)"
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