Urquhart Castle

E28521

castle ruin tourist attraction

Urquhart Castle is a dramatic medieval fortress in the Scottish Highlands overlooking Loch Ness, renowned for its picturesque ruins and turbulent history.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	castle → ruin → tourist attraction →
abandonedIn	late 17th century →
associatedWithEvent	Jacobite risings → Wars of Scottish Independence →
builtOn	promontory →
constructionBegan	13th century →
controlledBy	Clan Grant → Clan MacDonald → Kingdom of Scotland →
coordinates	57.324°N 4.440°W →
country	Scotland →
destroyedInPart	1692 →
hasAudioGuide	true →
hasCarPark	true →
hasExhibition	true →
hasFeature	courtyard → ditch → drawbridge → gatehouse → great hall → tower house →
hasGiftShop	true →
hasViewOf	Loch Ness →
hasVisitorCentre	true →
heritageDesignation	Scheduled Monument →
knownFor	association with Loch Ness Monster tourism → picturesque ruins → turbulent history →
locatedIn	Great Glen → Inverness-shire → Scottish Highlands →
locatedNear	Drumnadrochit →
locatedOn	Loch Ness →
managedBy	Historic Environment Scotland →
material	stone →
nearbyCity	Inverness →
openToPublic	true →
overlooks	Loch Ness →
ownedBy	Scottish Ministers →
partOf	Loch Ness tourist route →
purpose	defence of Great Glen → military stronghold →
rebuiltIn	14th century → 16th century →
region	Highland council area →
siteUsedSince	early medieval period →
touristVisitsPerYear	hundreds of thousands →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Historic Environment Scotland →	manages
Loch Ness →	touristAttraction