Newcastle Emlyn Castle
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Newcastle Emlyn Castle is a medieval Welsh fortress, now a riverside ruin, historically significant for its role in regional conflicts and its picturesque setting above the River Teifi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Newcastle Emlyn Castle canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6886642 — 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: Newcastle Emlyn Castle Context triple: [Newcastle Emlyn, hasRuinsOf, Newcastle Emlyn Castle]
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A.
Oystermouth Castle
Oystermouth Castle is a medieval stone fortress overlooking Swansea Bay in Wales, known for its Norman origins and well-preserved historic ruins.
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B.
Bodelwyddan Castle
Bodelwyddan Castle is a 19th-century Gothic Revival country house and former historic house museum in North Wales, noted for its distinctive architecture and parkland setting.
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C.
Aberystwyth Castle
Aberystwyth Castle is a ruined medieval fortress on the coast of Ceredigion, Wales, notable for its strategic seaside location and historical role in Welsh-English conflicts.
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D.
Penrhyn Castle
Penrhyn Castle is a 19th-century neo-Norman country house in North Wales, renowned for its grand architecture, extensive art collection, and role in the region’s slate industry history.
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E.
Neath Castle
Neath Castle is a medieval Norman fortress ruin located in the town of Neath in South Wales.
- 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: Newcastle Emlyn Castle Target entity description: Newcastle Emlyn Castle is a medieval Welsh fortress, now a riverside ruin, historically significant for its role in regional conflicts and its picturesque setting above the River Teifi.
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A.
Oystermouth Castle
Oystermouth Castle is a medieval stone fortress overlooking Swansea Bay in Wales, known for its Norman origins and well-preserved historic ruins.
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B.
Bodelwyddan Castle
Bodelwyddan Castle is a 19th-century Gothic Revival country house and former historic house museum in North Wales, noted for its distinctive architecture and parkland setting.
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C.
Aberystwyth Castle
Aberystwyth Castle is a ruined medieval fortress on the coast of Ceredigion, Wales, notable for its strategic seaside location and historical role in Welsh-English conflicts.
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D.
Penrhyn Castle
Penrhyn Castle is a 19th-century neo-Norman country house in North Wales, renowned for its grand architecture, extensive art collection, and role in the region’s slate industry history.
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E.
Neath Castle
Neath Castle is a medieval Norman fortress ruin located in the town of Neath in South Wales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medieval castle
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ruined castle ⓘ scheduled monument ⓘ |
| access | footpath from Newcastle Emlyn ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
English crown at various periods
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various Welsh princes in the Middle Ages ⓘ |
| country | Wales ⓘ |
| hasCondition | ruin ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLocation | 52.039°N 4.466°W ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
picturesque ruin popular with visitors
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regional landmark in West Wales ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod |
English Civil War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ |
| hasLandscapeFeature |
promontory above the River Teifi
ⓘ
riverside setting ⓘ |
| hasManagement | local authority ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFacility |
public car park in Newcastle Emlyn
ⓘ
riverside walks ⓘ |
| hasPart |
ditches
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earthworks ⓘ gatehouse remains ⓘ motte or raised platform ⓘ stone curtain walls ⓘ |
| hasTourismFeature |
interpretive signage
ⓘ
viewing areas ⓘ |
| hasUse |
heritage site
ⓘ
local amenity ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Newcastle Emlyn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
River Teifi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Scheduled Ancient Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Newcastle Emlyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Carmarthenshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricCounty | Cardiganshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | West Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInValley | Teifi valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Cenarth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Llandysul NERFINISHED ⓘ Newcastle Emlyn town centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | River Teifi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
earth
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stone ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
defensive stronghold
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military fortress ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
destruction in the 17th century
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siege during the English Civil War ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Newcastle Emlyn Castle Description of subject: Newcastle Emlyn Castle is a medieval Welsh fortress, now a riverside ruin, historically significant for its role in regional conflicts and its picturesque setting above the River Teifi.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.