Rosslyn Castle

E595753

castle fortified residence

Rosslyn Castle is a historic medieval fortress and residence in Scotland, closely associated with the Sinclair family and located near the famous Rosslyn Chapel.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Rosslyn Castle canonical	3
Roslin Castle	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	castle ⓘ fortified residence ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval ⓘ
associatedWith	Earls of Caithness NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinclair family NERFINISHED ⓘ St Clair family NERFINISHED ⓘ
attackedBy	English forces ⓘ
builtFor	Sinclair family NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStartDate	14th century ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
currentUse	holiday accommodation ⓘ ruin ⓘ
damagedIn	War of the Rough Wooing NERFINISHED ⓘ
distanceFromEdinburgh	approximately 7 miles south ⓘ
function	fortress ⓘ noble residence ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Roslin Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBuildingPart	bridge over ravine ⓘ courtyard ⓘ domestic ranges ⓘ drawbridge ⓘ gatehouse ⓘ tower house ⓘ vaulted basement ⓘ
hasPredecessorStructure	earlier 14th-century castle ⓘ
hasViewOf	River North Esk gorge NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	category A listed building ⓘ scheduled monument ⓘ
locatedIn	Midlothian NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Roslin NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosslyn Chapel NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	River North Esk NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	Rosslyn Chapel Trust NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed	stone ⓘ
nearestCity	Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	association with Rosslyn Chapel ⓘ picturesque ruinous state ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
ownership	private ⓘ
rebuiltBy	Sinclair family NERFINISHED ⓘ
rebuiltInPeriod	late 16th century ⓘ
region	Lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	partially destroyed in 1544 ⓘ
situatedAbove	deep ravine ⓘ
situatedOn	rocky promontory ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Midlothian council area → containsHistoricSite → Rosslyn Castle ⓘ

subject surface form: Midlothian

Roslin → hasNearbyLandmark → Rosslyn Castle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roslin Castle

Clan Sinclair → hasHistoricStronghold → Rosslyn Castle ⓘ

William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness → associatedWithPlace → Rosslyn Castle ⓘ