Lincoln Castle

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castle fortress tourist attraction

Lincoln Castle is a historic Norman fortress in Lincoln, England, renowned for its well-preserved walls, medieval architecture, and its role in housing an original copy of the Magna Carta.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Castle Hill, Lincoln 1
Lincoln Castle area 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
adjacentTo Lincoln Cathedral ⓘ
architecturalStyle Norman architecture ⓘ
battle Battle of Lincoln (1141) ⓘ
Battle of Lincoln (1217) ⓘ
builtBy William the Conqueror ⓘ
category Museums in Lincolnshire ⓘ
Norman castles in England ⓘ
Tourist attractions in Lincolnshire ⓘ
constructionStart 1068 ⓘ
contains Magna Carta ⓘ
surface form: 1215 Magna Carta

1217 Charter of the Forest ⓘ
original copy of Magna Carta ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
hasPart Lucy Tower ⓘ
Magna Carta vault ⓘ
Observatory Tower ⓘ
Victorian prison ⓘ
castle walls ⓘ
east gate ⓘ
gatehouse ⓘ
prison ⓘ
walkable castle walls ⓘ
west gate ⓘ
hasView City of Lincoln ⓘ
surface form: city of Lincoln
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
inception 11th century ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Lincolnshire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedOn Lincoln Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Castle Hill, Lincoln
location Lincoln ⓘ
maintainedBy Lincolnshire County Council ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
overlooks Lincoln Cathedral ⓘ
ownedBy Lincolnshire County Council ⓘ
purpose administrative centre ⓘ
royal fortress ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Lincoln (1217) ⓘ
surface form: First Battle of Lincoln

Second Battle of Lincoln ⓘ
touristAttraction Magna Carta exhibition ⓘ
usedAs county prison ⓘ
court of law ⓘ
website https://www.lincolncastle.com/ ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Lincoln Castle area
Steep Hill → hasNearbyLandmark → Lincoln Castle ⓘ
Lincoln Castle → locatedOn → Lincoln Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Castle Hill, Lincoln
Lincoln Cathedral Close → near → Lincoln Castle ⓘ
Newport Arch → near → Lincoln Castle ⓘ
The Collection (Lincoln museum) → near → Lincoln Castle ⓘ
Brayford Pool → nearby → Lincoln Castle ⓘ