Urquhart Castle

castle that sits beside Loch Ness

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site, destroyed building or structure, tourist attraction, archaeological site, ruins, castle, Historic Environment Scotland, Urquhart Castle Visitor Centre, Urquhart Castle bridge, United Kingdom

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1480-01-01T00:00:00Z

Battle of Blar Na Pairce

1454-01-01T00:00:00Z

Battle of Clachnaharry

1746-04-27T00:00:00Z

1497-01-01T00:00:00Z

1746-02-16T00:00:00Z

1715-11-01T00:00:00Z

1745-10-16T00:00:00Z

Siege of Culloden House

1745-12-01T00:00:00Z

Siege of Fort Augustus

1746-03-01T00:00:00Z

Siege of Fort Augustus

1429-01-01T00:00:00Z

1649-02-22T00:00:00Z

1562-09-21T00:00:00Z

1650-01-01T00:00:00Z

1689-01-01T00:00:00Z

1715-01-01T00:00:00Z

1746-02-01T00:00:00Z

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Frameless

Castle Urquhart - geograph.org.uk - 995490

Fourteenth Century Brooches Callander 1924 Figure 6 26679 0220 - cropped No. 6

Plan of Urquhart Castle

The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887) (14598407599)

The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887) (14598413369)

The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887) (14782717014)

The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887) (14804921823)

The Loch Ness and Urquhart castle

Urquhart Castle and Loch Ness, Highland

Urquhart Castle and Loch Ness

Urquhart Castle distance 2

Ministry of Works Urquhart Castle Official Guide (1971) (Ministry of Works)

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source

link		CastlesFortsBattles article^@			Wikidata
link		Freebase entry^@			Wikidata
link		Google Maps entry^@			Wikidata
link		Historic Environment Scotland listing^@			Wikidata
link		Historic Environment Scotland listing^@			Wikidata
link		Tripadvisor page^@			Wikidata
link		Urquhart Castle^@			Wikidata
document	36	Ministry of Works Urquhart Castle Official Guide (1971)	document https://archive.org/details/urquhart-castle-official-guide	Urquhart Castle Official Guide Expounder	Ministry of Works
conflict	1480	Battle of Blar Na Pairce	battle, google		Wikidata
conflict	1454	Battle of Clachnaharry	battle, google		Wikidata
conflict	1746	Battle of Culloden	battle, google		Wikidata
conflict	1497	Battle of Drumchatt	battle, google		Wikidata
conflict	1746	Rout of Moy	battle, google		Wikidata
conflict	1715	Siege of Brahan	siege		Wikidata
conflict	1745	Siege of Culloden House	siege, google		Wikidata
conflict	1745	Siege of Fort Augustus	siege, google		Wikidata
conflict	1746	Siege of Fort Augustus	siege, google		Wikidata
conflict	1429	Siege of Inverness	siege, google		Wikidata
conflict	1649	Siege of Inverness	siege, google		Wikidata
conflict	1562	Siege of Inverness	siege, google		Wikidata
conflict	1650	Siege of Inverness	siege, conflict, google		Wikidata
conflict	1689	Siege of Inverness	siege		Wikidata
conflict	1715	Siege of Inverness	siege, google		Wikidata
conflict	1746	Siege of Inverness	siege, google		Wikidata
bunker		Inverness, Mackintosh Road, Emergency Planning Underground Bunker	bunker, google		Wikidata
bunker		Inverness Raigmore Highland Emergency Centre	civil defense center		Wikidata
bunker		Inverness Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters	Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, bunker		Wikidata
castle		Brahan Castle	castle, google, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle		Ormond Castle	castle, google, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle		Urquhart Castle	destroyed building or structure, archaeological site, tourist attraction, ruins, castle, google, tripadvisor		Wikidata
image	1974	Castle Urquhart - geograph.org.uk - 995490			Wikimedia
image	1924	Fourteenth Century Brooches Callander 1924 Figure 6 26679 0220 - cropped No. 6			Wikimedia
image	1970	Plan of Urquhart Castle			Wikimedia
image	1887	The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887) (14598407599)			Wikimedia
image	1887	The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887) (14598413369)			Wikimedia
image	1887	The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887) (14782717014)			Wikimedia
image	1887	The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887) (14804921823)			Wikimedia
image	2009	The Loch Ness and Urquhart castle			Wikimedia
image	1974	Urquhart Castle and Loch Ness, Highland			Wikimedia
image	2021	Urquhart Castle and Loch Ness			Wikimedia
image	2021	Urquhart Castle and Loch Ness			Wikimedia
image	2007	Urquhart Castle distance 2			Wikimedia

Urquhart Castle

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