Turnberry Castle

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historic site medieval castle ruined castle

Turnberry Castle is a historic medieval stronghold on the coast of Ayrshire, Scotland, best known as the traditional birthplace of King Robert the Bruce.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
medieval castle ⓘ
ruined castle ⓘ
associatedDynasty Bruce dynasty ⓘ
associatedTitle Earl of Carrick ⓘ
associatedWith Earl of Carrick ⓘ
surface form: Earldom of Carrick

Robert the Bruce ⓘ
builtInCentury 13th century ⓘ
category Castles in South Ayrshire ⓘ
Ruined castles in Scotland ⓘ
Scheduled Ancient Monuments in South Ayrshire ⓘ
condition ruin ⓘ
controlledBy Bruce family ⓘ
Earls of Carrick ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
destroyedDuring First War of Scottish Independence ⓘ
surface form: Wars of Scottish Independence
destroyedInCentury 14th century ⓘ
eventLocation Turnberry Band (1286 agreement of Scottish nobles) ⓘ
function coastal stronghold ⓘ
fortified residence ⓘ
hasFeature clifftop location ⓘ
earthworks ⓘ
stone foundations ⓘ
hasViewOf Ailsa Craig ⓘ
Firth of Clyde ⓘ
heritageDesignation Scheduled monument ⓘ
historicalCounty Ayrshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion Carrick ⓘ
surface form: Carrick, Ayrshire
locatedIn Ayrshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Ayrshire ⓘ
locatedInCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Turnberry Point ⓘ
locatedOn west coast of Scotland ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
namedAfter Turnberry Point ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage en ⓘ
near Elie Lighthouse ⓘ
surface form: Turnberry Lighthouse

Turnberry ⓘ
surface form: Turnberry golf course
openToPublic yes ⓘ
overlooks Ailsa Craig ⓘ
Firth of Clyde ⓘ
partOf Carrick ⓘ
presentCouncilArea South Ayrshire ⓘ
region Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
traditionalBirthplaceOf Robert the Bruce ⓘ
usedFromCentury 13th century ⓘ
usedUntilCentury 14th century ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Robert the Bruce → birthPlace → Turnberry Castle ⓘ
Carrick → containsSite → Turnberry Castle ⓘ