Trim Castle
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Trim Castle is a massive Norman fortress on the River Boyne in Trim, County Meath, Ireland, renowned as one of the largest and best-preserved Anglo-Norman castles in the country.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Trim Castle canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10768802 — 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: Trim Castle Context triple: [County Meath, hasArchaeologicalSite, Trim Castle]
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A.
Leap Castle
Leap Castle is a historic Irish fortress in County Offaly, reputed to be one of the most haunted castles in the world.
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B.
Guarda Castle
Guarda Castle is a historic fortress in the Swiss village of Guarda, notable for its traditional Engadine architecture and picturesque Alpine setting.
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C.
Peggie Castle
Peggie Castle was an American film and television actress best known for her roles in 1950s Westerns and crime dramas, including a prominent part in the TV series "Lawman."
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D.
Tous Castle
Tous Castle is a historic medieval fortress located in Sant Martí de Tous, in Catalonia, Spain.
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E.
Cyfarthfa Castle
Cyfarthfa Castle is a 19th-century mock-Gothic mansion in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, historically linked to the iron industry and now serving as a museum and public park.
- 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: Trim Castle Target entity description: Trim Castle is a massive Norman fortress on the River Boyne in Trim, County Meath, Ireland, renowned as one of the largest and best-preserved Anglo-Norman castles in the country.
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A.
Leap Castle
Leap Castle is a historic Irish fortress in County Offaly, reputed to be one of the most haunted castles in the world.
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B.
Guarda Castle
Guarda Castle is a historic fortress in the Swiss village of Guarda, notable for its traditional Engadine architecture and picturesque Alpine setting.
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C.
Peggie Castle
Peggie Castle was an American film and television actress best known for her roles in 1950s Westerns and crime dramas, including a prominent part in the TV series "Lawman."
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D.
Tous Castle
Tous Castle is a historic medieval fortress located in Sant Martí de Tous, in Catalonia, Spain.
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E.
Cyfarthfa Castle
Cyfarthfa Castle is a 19th-century mock-Gothic mansion in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, historically linked to the iron industry and now serving as a museum and public park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norman castle
ⓘ
castle ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Norman military architecture ⓘ |
| area | about 30,000 square metres ⓘ |
| builder |
Hugh de Lacy
ⓘ
linked to:
Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath
Walter de Lacy ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | early 13th century ⓘ |
| constructionStart | c. 1172 ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| defensiveType | motte-and-bailey origin ⓘ |
| distanceToDublin | about 45 km northwest ⓘ |
| featuredAs | stand-in for medieval Scottish locations in "Braveheart" ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
film "Braveheart"
ⓘ
linked to:
Braveheart
|
| floorCount | 3 ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Office of Public Works (Ireland)
ⓘ
linked to:
Office of Public Works
|
| hasFeature |
barbican
ⓘ
cruciform keep ⓘ curtain wall ⓘ ditch ⓘ gatehouse ⓘ inner ward ⓘ outer ward ⓘ three-storey keep ⓘ towered curtain walls ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | National Monument of Ireland ⓘ |
| historicFunction |
administrative centre
ⓘ
fortress ⓘ residence ⓘ |
| laterDevelopment | stone keep and curtain walls replaced earlier timber fortifications ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
County Meath
ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ Leinster ⓘ Trim, County Meath, Ireland ⓘ
linked to:
Trim, County Meath
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| locatedOn | River Boyne ⓘ |
| materialUsed | stone ⓘ |
| nearbyAttraction |
St Mary’s Abbey, Trim
ⓘ
Yellow Steeple, Trim ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Dublin ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| ownership | Office of Public Works ⓘ |
| region | Boyne Valley ⓘ |
| significance |
one of the best-preserved Anglo-Norman castles in Ireland
ⓘ
one of the largest Anglo-Norman castles in Ireland ⓘ |
| tourismActivity |
guided tours
ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Anglo-Normans
ⓘ
Lords of Meath ⓘ
linked to:
Lord of Meath
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Trim Castle Description of subject: Trim Castle is a massive Norman fortress on the River Boyne in Trim, County Meath, Ireland, renowned as one of the largest and best-preserved Anglo-Norman castles in the country.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.