Canna House, Isle of Canna
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Canna House, on the Isle of Canna in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, is a historic residence renowned as a center for Gaelic culture and folklore, notably housing the extensive archives of folklorist and photographer Margaret Fay Shaw.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Canna House, Isle of Canna canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8580693 — 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: Canna House, Isle of Canna Context triple: [Margaret Fay Shaw, archiveHeldAt, Canna House, Isle of Canna]
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Islay House
Islay House is a historic country mansion and former estate residence on the Scottish island of Islay, known for its architectural heritage and scenic setting near the village of Bridgend.
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B.
Colonsay House
Colonsay House is a historic country house and estate on the Scottish island of Colonsay, noted for its extensive woodland gardens and rhododendron collections.
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C.
Culzean Castle
Culzean Castle is a grand clifftop country house on the Ayrshire coast of Scotland, renowned for its dramatic setting and elegant neoclassical design.
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Druidston Haven
Druidston Haven is a secluded sandy beach on the Pembrokeshire coast of southwest Wales, known for its dramatic cliffs, rock pools, and expansive tidal sands.
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E.
Achamore Gardens
Achamore Gardens is a renowned ornamental garden on the Isle of Gigha in Scotland, noted for its diverse collection of rare and exotic plants.
- 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: Canna House, Isle of Canna Target entity description: Canna House, on the Isle of Canna in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, is a historic residence renowned as a center for Gaelic culture and folklore, notably housing the extensive archives of folklorist and photographer Margaret Fay Shaw.
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A.
Islay House
Islay House is a historic country mansion and former estate residence on the Scottish island of Islay, known for its architectural heritage and scenic setting near the village of Bridgend.
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B.
Colonsay House
Colonsay House is a historic country house and estate on the Scottish island of Colonsay, noted for its extensive woodland gardens and rhododendron collections.
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C.
Culzean Castle
Culzean Castle is a grand clifftop country house on the Ayrshire coast of Scotland, renowned for its dramatic setting and elegant neoclassical design.
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D.
Druidston Haven
Druidston Haven is a secluded sandy beach on the Pembrokeshire coast of southwest Wales, known for its dramatic cliffs, rock pools, and expansive tidal sands.
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E.
Achamore Gardens
Achamore Gardens is a renowned ornamental garden on the Isle of Gigha in Scotland, noted for its diverse collection of rare and exotic plants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural heritage site
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historic house ⓘ |
| architecturalType | Scottish country house ⓘ |
| archivesHeld |
Gaelic folklore manuscripts
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Gaelic song recordings ⓘ Margaret Fay Shaw collection ⓘ historic photographs ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
John Lorne Campbell
ⓘ
Margaret Fay Shaw ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
centre for Gaelic culture
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centre for Gaelic folklore studies ⓘ |
| governedBy | policies of National Trust for Scotland ⓘ |
| hasArchiveScope |
20th-century Hebridean life
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oral history ⓘ traditional Gaelic song ⓘ |
| hasCollectionType |
correspondence
ⓘ
ethnographic materials ⓘ photographic negatives ⓘ sound recordings ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
preservation of Gaelic heritage
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public education on Gaelic culture ⓘ support of academic research ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFocus | Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| hasResearchAccess | by arrangement ⓘ |
| heritageCategory | Scottish cultural property ⓘ |
| heritageStatus |
protected by National Trust for Scotland
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linked to:
National Trust for Scotland
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| historicalUse | family home of John Lorne Campbell and Margaret Fay Shaw ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Inner Hebrides
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Isle of Canna ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| nearestIslandGroup | Small Isles ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Gaelic culture
ⓘ
Gaelic folklore ⓘ folklore archives ⓘ photographic archives ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| ownedBy | National Trust for Scotland ⓘ |
| partOf | Canna and Sanday estate ⓘ |
| preservationFocus | Gaelic intangible cultural heritage ⓘ |
| regionServed | Hebrides ⓘ |
| tourismAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| use |
archive centre
ⓘ
research centre ⓘ residence ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Canna House, Isle of Canna Description of subject: Canna House, on the Isle of Canna in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, is a historic residence renowned as a center for Gaelic culture and folklore, notably housing the extensive archives of folklorist and photographer Margaret Fay Shaw.
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