Castle of Mey

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The Castle of Mey is a historic Scottish fortress in Caithness, best known as the restored former home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.

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Label Occurrences
Castle of Mey canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Scottish Baronial ⓘ
associatedWith British royal family ⓘ
King Charles III ⓘ
builtInPeriod 16th century ⓘ
constructionStart 1566 ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
faces Orkney Islands ⓘ
formerName Barrogill Castle ⓘ
governedBy Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ
hasFeature battlements ⓘ
kitchen garden ⓘ
tower ⓘ
walled garden ⓘ
hasVisitorAttraction garden tours ⓘ
tea room ⓘ
visitor centre ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.castleofmey.org.uk/ ⓘ
heritageDesignation Category A listed building ⓘ
heritageStatus listed building ⓘ
locatedIn Caithness ⓘ
Highland ⓘ
northern Scotland ⓘ
locatedNear John o’ Groats ⓘ
linked to: John o' Groats

Mey ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
nearbyFacility The Granary Lodge ⓘ
nearbyFacilityOperator The Queen Elizabeth Castle of Mey Trust ⓘ
nearbyFacilityType bed and breakfast ⓘ
openedToPublic yes ⓘ
openSeason summer ⓘ
openToPublicSince 2002 ⓘ
overlooks Pentland Firth ⓘ
ownedBy The Queen Elizabeth Castle of Mey Trust ⓘ
ownershipTransferYear 1996 ⓘ
primaryResident Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother ⓘ
purchasedBy Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother ⓘ
purchaseYear 1952 ⓘ
region Scottish Highlands ⓘ
restorationStart 1950s ⓘ
restoredBy Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother ⓘ
seasonOfUse August ⓘ
October ⓘ
usedAs private residence ⓘ
usedSeasonallyBy Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Caithness → containsFeature → Castle of Mey ⓘ
Earl of Caithness → hasFamilySeat → Castle of Mey ⓘ
Earls of Caithness → associatedCastle → Castle of Mey ⓘ
Earls of Caithness → hasClanSeat → Castle of Mey ⓘ