Scarborough Castle

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fortified ruin medieval castle

Scarborough Castle is a medieval fortress and coastal ruin overlooking the North Sea in the town of Scarborough, England.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Scarborough Castle canonical 6
Scarborough Castle headland 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fortified ruin ⓘ
medieval castle ⓘ
architecturalStyle medieval military architecture ⓘ
builtFor Henry II of England ⓘ
surface form: King Henry II of England
category English Heritage property in North Yorkshire ⓘ
Grade I listed castle in North Yorkshire ⓘ
Scheduled monument in North Yorkshire ⓘ
ruined castle in England ⓘ
constructionStart 12th century ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
damagedIn 1914 German naval bombardment of Scarborough ⓘ
English Civil War ⓘ
earliestOccupation Iron Age ⓘ
elevation approximately 90 metres above sea level ⓘ
hasPart Roman signal station remains ⓘ
chapel ruins ⓘ
curtain walls ⓘ
gatehouse ⓘ
inner bailey ⓘ
keep ruins ⓘ
outer bailey ⓘ
hasViewOf North Sea coast ⓘ
surface form: North Sea coastline

Scarborough ⓘ
surface form: Scarborough town
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
Scheduled Monument ⓘ
historicalCounty Yorkshire ⓘ
laterUse coastguard station ⓘ
garrison ⓘ
prison ⓘ
locatedOn Yorkshire Coast ⓘ
surface form: Yorkshire coast
location Scarborough ⓘ
surface form: Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
managedBy English Heritage ⓘ
near North Bay, Scarborough ⓘ
Scarborough Harbour ⓘ
Scarborough ⓘ
surface form: South Bay, Scarborough
notableEvent Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby ⓘ
surface form: German naval bombardment of Scarborough (1914)

siege of Scarborough Castle (1645) ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
overlooks North Sea ⓘ
ownedBy Crown Estate ⓘ
surface form: Crown Estate (historical)
region North Yorkshire ⓘ
situatedOn rocky headland ⓘ
strategicRole coastal defence ⓘ
royal stronghold ⓘ
touristAttraction true ⓘ
usedDuring English Civil War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

Middle Ages ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

North Yorkshire → contains → Scarborough Castle ⓘ
Scarborough → hasLandmark → Scarborough Castle ⓘ
Yorkshire → hasHistoricSite → Scarborough Castle ⓘ
Scarborough seafront → hasViewOf → Scarborough Castle ⓘ
North Bay → adjacentTo → Scarborough Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: North Bay, Scarborough
this entity surface form: Scarborough Castle headland
North Bay → hasView → Scarborough Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: North Bay, Scarborough
South Bay → overlookedBy → Scarborough Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: South Bay (Scarborough)
South Bay → hasViewOf → Scarborough Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: South Bay (Scarborough)
this entity surface form: Scarborough Castle headland