Dunadd
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Dunadd is an ancient hillfort in Argyll, Scotland, best known as a major royal and ceremonial center of the early medieval Gaelic kingdom of Dál Riata.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dunadd canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6741396 — 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: Dunadd Context triple: [Dál Riata, capital, Dunadd]
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A.
Drimnin
Drimnin is a small coastal settlement on the Morvern peninsula in the Scottish Highlands, historically associated with the Clan Maclean.
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B.
Dúnán
Dúnán was a 11th-century Bishop of Dublin, notable as the first bishop of the Norse city and an important early ecclesiastical figure in Ireland.
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C.
Dun
Dun is a small settlement in Angus, Scotland, known for its historic country house and estate, House of Dun.
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D.
Rognon
Rognon is a river in northeastern France that flows through the Haute-Marne department and serves as a tributary within the Marne river basin.
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E.
Sarnthein
Sarnthein is a small alpine village and municipality in South Tyrol, northern Italy, situated in the Sarntal valley of the Sarntal Alps.
- 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: Dunadd Target entity description: Dunadd is an ancient hillfort in Argyll, Scotland, best known as a major royal and ceremonial center of the early medieval Gaelic kingdom of Dál Riata.
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A.
Drimnin
Drimnin is a small coastal settlement on the Morvern peninsula in the Scottish Highlands, historically associated with the Clan Maclean.
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B.
Dúnán
Dúnán was a 11th-century Bishop of Dublin, notable as the first bishop of the Norse city and an important early ecclesiastical figure in Ireland.
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C.
Dun
Dun is a small settlement in Angus, Scotland, known for its historic country house and estate, House of Dun.
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D.
Rognon
Rognon is a river in northeastern France that flows through the Haute-Marne department and serves as a tributary within the Marne river basin.
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E.
Sarnthein
Sarnthein is a small alpine village and municipality in South Tyrol, northern Italy, situated in the Sarntal valley of the Sarntal Alps.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
hillfort ⓘ scheduled monument ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
kingdom of Dál Riata
ⓘ
linked to:
Dál Riata
|
| capitalOf | Dál Riata ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| culture |
Gaelic
ⓘ
early medieval Scotland ⓘ |
| evidenceOfOccupation |
Iron Age
ⓘ
early medieval era ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | archaeologists ⓘ |
| function |
defensive site
ⓘ
political centre ⓘ ritual centre ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Ogham inscription
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carved boar ⓘ carved footprint ⓘ stone ramparts ⓘ summit enclosure ⓘ terraces ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | scheduled ancient monument ⓘ |
| interpretedAs | royal inauguration site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Argyll
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| managedBy | Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ |
| materialFinds |
brooches
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glass beads ⓘ imported pottery ⓘ metalworking debris ⓘ weapons ⓘ |
| near |
Loch Crinan
ⓘ
River Add ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Gaelic royal inauguration rituals
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association with early Scottish kings ⓘ early medieval inscriptions ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf | Kilmartin Glen ⓘ |
| region | Argyll and Bute ⓘ |
| situatedOn | rocky hill ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
6th century
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7th century ⓘ 8th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ early medieval period ⓘ |
| usedAs |
ceremonial centre
ⓘ
fortified stronghold ⓘ royal centre ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Dunadd Description of subject: Dunadd is an ancient hillfort in Argyll, Scotland, best known as a major royal and ceremonial center of the early medieval Gaelic kingdom of Dál Riata.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.