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.

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Label Occurrences
Urquhart Castle canonical 7

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ⓘ
ruin ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
abandonedIn late 17th century ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Jacobite risings ⓘ
First War of Scottish Independence ⓘ
surface form: Wars of Scottish Independence
builtOn promontory ⓘ
constructionBegan 13th century ⓘ
controlledBy Clan Grant ⓘ
clan MacDonald ⓘ
surface form: 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 Government ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Ministers
partOf Loch Ness ⓘ
surface form: 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 (7)

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

Historic Environment Scotland → manages → Urquhart Castle ⓘ
Loch Ness → touristAttraction → Urquhart Castle ⓘ
Clan Grant → notableStronghold → Urquhart Castle ⓘ
Urchert → associatedWithPlace → Urquhart Castle ⓘ
Loch Ness Centre and Exhibition → nearbyAttraction → Urquhart Castle ⓘ
Drumnadrochit → tourismAttraction → Urquhart Castle ⓘ
Drumnadrochit → locatedNear → Urquhart Castle ⓘ