Falkland, Fife, Scotland

E548610

town

Falkland, Fife, Scotland is a historic small town on the north side of the Lomond Hills, noted for its Renaissance royal palace and well-preserved traditional architecture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Falkland, Fife	2
Falkland, Fife, Scotland canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5806503 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Falkland, Fife, Scotland
Context triple: [Richard Cameron, birthPlace, Falkland, Fife, Scotland]

A. Moray, Scotland
Moray, Scotland is a historic county and council area in northeastern Scotland known for its coastal landscapes, whisky distilleries, and rich Pictish and medieval heritage.
B. Dalmeny, Scotland
Dalmeny, Scotland is a small village in West Lothian near Edinburgh, known for its historic parish church and proximity to the Rosebery family estate.
C. Roxburgh, Scotland
Roxburgh, Scotland was a historically significant royal burgh and strategic border town in the Scottish Borders, once serving as an important political and military center in medieval Scotland.
D. West Falkland
West Falkland is the second-largest island in the Falkland Islands archipelago, characterized by rugged terrain, sheep farming, and sparse human settlement.
E. Angus, Scotland
Angus, Scotland is a historic county and council area on the east coast of Scotland, known for its fertile farmland, coastal towns, and the city of Dundee on its southern edge.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Falkland, Fife, Scotland
Target entity description: Falkland, Fife, Scotland is a historic small town on the north side of the Lomond Hills, noted for its Renaissance royal palace and well-preserved traditional architecture.

A. Moray, Scotland
Moray, Scotland is a historic county and council area in northeastern Scotland known for its coastal landscapes, whisky distilleries, and rich Pictish and medieval heritage.
B. Dalmeny, Scotland
Dalmeny, Scotland is a small village in West Lothian near Edinburgh, known for its historic parish church and proximity to the Rosebery family estate.
C. Roxburgh, Scotland
Roxburgh, Scotland was a historically significant royal burgh and strategic border town in the Scottish Borders, once serving as an important political and military center in medieval Scotland.
D. West Falkland
West Falkland is the second-largest island in the Falkland Islands archipelago, characterized by rugged terrain, sheep farming, and sparse human settlement.
E. Angus, Scotland
Angus, Scotland is a historic county and council area on the east coast of Scotland, known for its fertile farmland, coastal towns, and the city of Dundee on its southern edge.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	town ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
distanceTo	about 10 miles north of Glenrothes ⓘ about 20 miles south of Dundee ⓘ
governingBody	Fife Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle	Scottish Renaissance (Falkland Palace) NERFINISHED ⓘ traditional Scottish vernacular buildings ⓘ
hasCategory	Royal burgh (historical) ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	historic town ⓘ well-preserved traditional architecture ⓘ
hasCulturalReference	filming location for television series Outlander ⓘ
hasDialCode	01337 ⓘ
hasEconomySector	local services ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasHistoricStatus	conservation area ⓘ important example of Scottish Renaissance planned townscape ⓘ
hasLieutenancyArea	Fife NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature	East Lomond NERFINISHED ⓘ West Lomond NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement	Freuchie NERFINISHED ⓘ Leslie, Fife NERFINISHED ⓘ Strathmiglo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableBuilding	Bruce Fountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Falkland Parish Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Falkland Town Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableFeature	Falkland Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ Renaissance royal palace ⓘ
hasOSGridReference	NO252073 ⓘ
hasParliamentaryConstituency	North East Fife NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPopulation	approximately 1,000 (early 21st century) ⓘ
hasPostcodeArea	KY ⓘ
hasPostcodeDistrict	KY15 ⓘ
hasPostTown	Cupar NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRegion	Lowlands of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasScottishParliamentConstituency	North East Fife NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSettlementType	small town ⓘ
hasTraditionalCounty	Fife NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith	Scottish monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Stuart kings of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Fife ⓘ Lomond Hills Regional Park NERFINISHED ⓘ historic county of Fife NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	north side of the Lomond Hills ⓘ
managedBy	National Trust for Scotland (Falkland Palace) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Kingdom of Fife NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourismType	heritage tourism destination ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Richard Cameron → birthPlace → Falkland, Fife, Scotland ⓘ

Clan MacDuff → traditionalSeat → Falkland, Fife, Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Falkland, Fife

Falkland Estate → locatedIn → Falkland, Fife, Scotland ⓘ