Bothwell Castle

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fortress medieval castle scheduled monument tourist attraction

Bothwell Castle is a large medieval fortress in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, renowned as one of the country’s finest and most important examples of 13th- and 14th-century castle architecture.

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Label Occurrences
Bothwell Castle canonical 10

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fortress ⓘ
medieval castle ⓘ
scheduled monument ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle medieval military architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Douglas family ⓘ
House of Moray ⓘ
besiegedBy English forces ⓘ
Scottish forces ⓘ
builtFor Walter of Moray ⓘ
the Moray family ⓘ
capturedBy Edward I of England ⓘ
category Castles in South Lanarkshire ⓘ
Ruined castles in Scotland ⓘ
Tourist attractions in South Lanarkshire ⓘ
constructionBegan late 13th century ⓘ
controlledBy Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ
coordinates 55.806°N 4.066°W ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
currentStatus ruin ⓘ
distanceToGlasgow approximately 10 miles southeast ⓘ
era 13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
function defensive stronghold ⓘ
governingBody Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ
hasPart chapel ⓘ
courtyard ⓘ
curtain walls ⓘ
ditches ⓘ
gatehouse ⓘ
great donjon tower ⓘ
outer defenses ⓘ
heritageDesignation Category A listed building ⓘ
Scheduled Monument ⓘ
historicalEvent Anglo-Scottish Wars ⓘ
surface form: Wars of Scottish Independence
locatedIn South Lanarkshire ⓘ
locatedNear Bothwell ⓘ
locatedOn River Clyde ⓘ
material red sandstone ⓘ
nearbyCity Glasgow ⓘ
notableFor 13th- and 14th-century castle architecture ⓘ
size ⓘ
state of preservation ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
ownershipTransferredTo Crown ⓘ
region central Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Central Scotland
usedFor education ⓘ
filming location ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Clan Douglas → hasClanSeat → Bothwell Castle ⓘ
Bothwell → hasHistoricSite → Bothwell Castle ⓘ
Bothwell → hasCastle → Bothwell Castle ⓘ
Black Douglas branch → seat → Bothwell Castle ⓘ
the Moray family → hasNotableSeat → Bothwell Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Moray family
the Moray family → hasHistoricStronghold → Bothwell Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Moray family
great donjon tower → partOf → Bothwell Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Donjon Tower
Earls of Douglas → seat → Bothwell Castle ⓘ
Archibald the Grim → residence → Bothwell Castle ⓘ
Earl of Angus → seat → Bothwell Castle ⓘ