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Saffron Walden Castle

former medieval castle in Essex, England, UK
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Saffron Walden Castle

Summary

Saffron Walden Castle is a castle ruin[1]. It draws 67 Wikipedia views per month (castle_ruin category, ranking #41 of 241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Saffron Walden Castle is located in Saffron Walden[3].
  • Saffron Walden Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Saffron Walden Castle's instance of is recorded as castle ruin[5].
  • Saffron Walden Castle's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[6].
  • Saffron Walden Castle is made of flint[7].
  • Saffron Walden Castle's Commons category is recorded as Walden Castle[8].
  • 1141 marks the founding of Saffron Walden Castle[9].
  • Saffron Walden Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as TL5390738722[10].
  • Saffron Walden Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.0255, 'lon': 0.242}[11].
  • Saffron Walden Castle's significant event is recorded as slighting[12].
  • Saffron Walden Castle's described by source is recorded as CastlesFortsBattles[13].
  • Saffron Walden Castle's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed building[14].
  • Saffron Walden Castle's has part is recorded as keep[15].
  • Saffron Walden Castle's historic county is recorded as Essex[16].

Body

Geography

Saffron Walden Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Saffron Walden[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include castle ruin[5] and archaeological site[6]. Saffron Walden Castle's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed building[14].

History and Context

1141 marks the founding of Saffron Walden Castle[9].

Why It Matters

Saffron Walden Castle draws 67 Wikipedia views per month (castle_ruin category, ranking #41 of 241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

Related Entities

CastlesFortsBattles United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . historicengland.org.uk. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: 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] ↑ . The archaeology of slighting: a methodological framework for interpreting castle destruction in the Middle Ages. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . historicengland.org.uk. historicengland.org.uk. Provenance: 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. 27d ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Short name → Saffron Walden
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Saffron Walden
    Coordinates → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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