Caerlaverock Castle

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medieval castle scheduled monument tourist attraction

Caerlaverock Castle is a distinctive triangular medieval fortress in southwest Scotland, renowned for its moat, twin-towered gatehouse, and role in the Wars of Scottish Independence.

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Label Occurrences
Caerlaverock Castle canonical 7
Caerlaverock 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval castle ⓘ
scheduled monument ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
besiegedBy Edward I of England ⓘ
builtFor Maxwell family ⓘ
builtInPeriod reign of Alexander II of Scotland ⓘ
constructionStart late 13th century ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
damagedIn 17th-century conflicts ⓘ
describedIn Poem of the Siege of Caerlaverock ⓘ
function fortress ⓘ
noble residence ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle medieval military architecture ⓘ
hasDefensiveFeature arrow slits ⓘ
battlements ⓘ
drawbridge ⓘ
water-filled moat ⓘ
hasExhibition First War of Scottish Independence ⓘ
surface form: Wars of Scottish Independence

history of the Maxwells ⓘ
hasFeature corner towers ⓘ
curtain walls ⓘ
inner courtyard ⓘ
moat ⓘ
twin-towered gatehouse ⓘ
hasMaterial stone ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve ⓘ
Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve ⓘ
surface form: Caerlaverock Wetland Centre
hasShape triangular plan ⓘ
hasVisitorCentre true ⓘ
heritageDesignation Category A listed building ⓘ
scheduled monument ⓘ
inConflict First War of Scottish Independence ⓘ
surface form: Wars of Scottish Independence
locatedIn Caerlaverock Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Caerlaverock

Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve ⓘ
Dumfries and Galloway ⓘ
southwest Scotland ⓘ
locatedNear Dumfries ⓘ
managedBy Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ
notableEvent Siege of 1300 ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
ownedBy Maxwell family ⓘ
partiallyDemolished 1640 ⓘ
precededBy earlier castle at Caerlaverock ⓘ
region Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
strategicLocation Anglo-Scottish border ⓘ
Solway Firth ⓘ
usedAs film and television location ⓘ
yearOfEvent 1300 siege ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Dumfries and Galloway council area → containsHistoricSite → Caerlaverock Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Dumfries and Galloway
River Nith → passesNear → Caerlaverock Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caerlaverock
Dumfries and Galloway → contains → Caerlaverock Castle ⓘ
Maxwell family → notableSeat → Caerlaverock Castle ⓘ
Clan Maxwell → historicSeat → Caerlaverock Castle ⓘ
Clan Maxwell → associatedPlace → Caerlaverock Castle ⓘ
Nith Estuary National Scenic Area → near → Caerlaverock Castle ⓘ
Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve → locatedNear → Caerlaverock Castle ⓘ
Caerlaverock Castle → locatedIn → Caerlaverock Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caerlaverock