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ID: 1100256
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1100256
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Dunstaffnage Castle (ruins)  Dunstaffnage Castle (ruins)

Coordinates:
Lat: 56 26 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 56.4333  decimal degrees
Long: 005 32 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -5.5333  decimal degrees

Note: Irregular four-sided structure with rounded towers; portions date from 13th & 17 cen.; chapel is burial place of Campbells of Dunstaffnage; tradition holds that Stone of Destiny was held here; home of Kenneth Macalpine, first king of both Scots & Picts.

Names:
Dunstaffnage Castle (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Scotland (country)  ............  Scotland (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Argyll and Bute (unitary authority)  ................  Argyll and Bute (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Dunstaffnage Castle (ruins)  ....................  Dunstaffnage Castle (ruins) (P)

Place Types:
ruins (preferred, C)  ............  construction was begun in 13th cen.
castle (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Dunstaffnage Castle..........  [VP Preferred]
...................................  Blue Guide: Scotland (1980)
...................................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-49
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Blue Guide: Scotland (1980)
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-49
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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