Berkhamsted Castle

E183963

medieval castle motte-and-bailey castle scheduled monument tourist attraction

Berkhamsted Castle is a medieval motte-and-bailey fortress in Hertfordshire, England, historically significant as a royal stronghold and residence of notable figures including Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Berkhamsted Castle canonical	6
Berkhamsted Castle grounds	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	medieval castle ⓘ motte-and-bailey castle ⓘ scheduled monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
builder	Normans ⓘ
builtFor	William the Conqueror ⓘ
category	Castles in Hertfordshire ⓘ Ruined castles in England ⓘ Tourist attractions in Hertfordshire ⓘ
constructionBegan	11th century ⓘ
controlledBy	English Heritage ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentCondition	ruin ⓘ
function	to control the route along the Bulbourne valley ⓘ to guard the approach to London from the northwest ⓘ
hasFeature	bailey ⓘ earthworks ⓘ gatehouse (ruined) ⓘ moat ⓘ motte ⓘ stone curtain wall (ruined) ⓘ
hasType	motte-and-bailey fortress ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed building ⓘ Scheduled Monument ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ Norman expansion ⓘ surface form: Norman period
locatedIn	England ⓘ Hertfordshire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
location	Berkhamsted ⓘ
maintainedBy	English Heritage ⓘ
material	earth ⓘ stone (later additions) ⓘ timber (originally) ⓘ
nearby	Berkhamsted railway station ⓘ Grand Union Canal ⓘ
notableEvent	surrender of English nobles to William the Conqueror in 1066 ⓘ
notableResident	Cecily Neville, Duchess of York ⓘ Edward the Black Prince ⓘ surface form: Edward, the Black Prince Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall ⓘ Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ surface form: Thomas Becket
openToPublic	true ⓘ
ownedBy	the Crown ⓘ surface form: The Crown
region	East of England ⓘ
usedAs	administrative centre ⓘ military fortress ⓘ royal residence ⓘ royal stronghold ⓘ

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# Requirements
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Input

Subject: Berkhamsted Castle
Description of subject: Berkhamsted Castle is a medieval motte-and-bailey fortress in Hertfordshire, England, historically significant as a royal stronghold and residence of notable figures including Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall → placeOfDeath → Berkhamsted Castle ⓘ

Berkhamsted → hasLandmark → Berkhamsted Castle ⓘ

Berkhamsted → hasOpenSpace → Berkhamsted Castle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Berkhamsted Castle grounds

Cecily Neville, Duchess of York → placeOfDeath → Berkhamsted Castle ⓘ

Isabel Marshal → deathPlace → Berkhamsted Castle ⓘ

Sanchia of Provence → placeOfDeath → Berkhamsted Castle ⓘ

Berkhamsted railway station → adjacentTo → Berkhamsted Castle ⓘ