Whithorn

E382484

historic town settlement town

Whithorn is a historic town in southwest Scotland renowned as one of the earliest centers of Christianity in the country.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Isle of Whithorn	4
Whithorn Priory	4
Whithorn canonical	3
Whithorn Priory and Museum	2
Whithorn Trust Visitor Centre	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic town ⓘ settlement ⓘ town ⓘ
administeredBy	Dumfries and Galloway council area ⓘ surface form: Dumfries and Galloway Council
associatedWith	Saint Ninian ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalEvidenceFrom	early medieval period ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite	Whithorn self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Whithorn Priory
hasCategory	Archaeological sites in Dumfries and Galloway ⓘ Christian pilgrimage sites in Scotland ⓘ History of Christianity in Scotland ⓘ Towns in Dumfries and Galloway ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude	54.732 ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude	-4.417 ⓘ
hasDialCode	01988 ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	conservation area ⓘ
hasHistoricCounty	Wigtownshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricFunction	market town ⓘ religious centre ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ Scots ⓘ
hasMuseum	Whithorn self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Whithorn Trust Visitor Centre
hasNearbySettlement	Garlieston ⓘ Whithorn self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isle of Whithorn
hasParish	Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland ⓘ surface form: Whithorn parish
hasPostcodeDistrict	DG8 ⓘ
hasRegion	Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Scottish Lowlands
hasReligiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
hasSite	Whithorn self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Whithorn Priory and Museum
hasTraditionalLanguage	Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
hasTransport	B7004 road ⓘ
knownFor	St Ninian’s Cave ⓘ Whithorn self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Whithorn Priory early Christian site ⓘ one of the earliest centres of Christianity in Scotland ⓘ
locatedIn	Dumfries and Galloway ⓘ southwest Scotland ⓘ
locatedOn	Machars peninsula ⓘ
partOf	Wigtownshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourismType	heritage tourism ⓘ religious tourism ⓘ
wasImportantIn	medieval pilgrimage ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Dumfries and Galloway council area → containsTown → Whithorn ⓘ

subject surface form: Dumfries and Galloway

Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland → hasSite → Whithorn ⓘ

subject surface form: Whithorn

this entity surface form: Whithorn Priory

Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland → hasArchaeologicalSite → Whithorn ⓘ

subject surface form: Whithorn

this entity surface form: Whithorn Priory and Museum

Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland → locatedNear → Whithorn ⓘ

subject surface form: Whithorn

this entity surface form: Isle of Whithorn

Wigtown Bay → hasNearbySettlement → Whithorn ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isle of Whithorn

Machars → containsSettlement → Whithorn ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isle of Whithorn

Machars → containsHistoricSite → Whithorn ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whithorn Priory

Isle of Whithorn (village and headland area) → near → Whithorn ⓘ

subject surface form: Isle of Whithorn

Whithorn → knownFor → Whithorn self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whithorn Priory

Whithorn → hasSite → Whithorn self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whithorn Priory and Museum

Whithorn → hasArchaeologicalSite → Whithorn self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whithorn Priory

Whithorn → hasNearbySettlement → Whithorn self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isle of Whithorn

Whithorn → hasMuseum → Whithorn self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Whithorn Trust Visitor Centre