Data Collection

thecastlemap.com

Provides access to a database of castles, fortresses, and palaces, enabling search, location-based queries, and rankings.

1 endpoint7 known toolsFirst detected July 25, 2026Last detected July 25, 2026

ENDPOINT 1

https://thecastlemap.com/mcp

No auth detected

MCP server metadata

Name: castlemap
Version: 1.1.0

Capabilities

tools

Server instructions

Read-only tools over the Castlemap atlas: 2435 curated castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins across 131 countries (facts from Wikidata, CC0). Every result links its page on https://thecastlemap.com. Use search_castles / get_castle for lookups, castles_near for geography (geocode the place first), top_castles for fame, get_statistics for aggregate claims (counts by country/century, oldest, extremes), list_countries for coverage and random_castle for discovery.

Known tools 7

search_castles

Search the atlas’s 2,400 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins by name (accent- and case-insensitive substring match).

Inferred read-only

get_castle

Fetch one landmark’s full record by slug (preferred, e.

Inferred read-only

castles_near

List landmarks within a radius of a WGS84 coordinate, nearest first, each with distance_km.

Inferred read-only

top_castles

The most famous landmarks worldwide or in one country, ordered by Castlemap fame rank — a blend of Wikipedia language coverage and readership; rank 1 is the most famous (Palace of Versailles).

Inferred read-only

list_countries

Every country in the atlas with its landmark count, most first — answers "which country has the most castles" (France leads).

Inferred read-only

get_statistics

Headline statistics computed live from the atlas: totals by type, top countries, busiest founding century, oldest landmarks, geographic extremes and the most famous entry.

Inferred read-only

random_castle

One random landmark with its full record, optionally limited to a country — for discovery, quizzes and "castle of the day" features.

Inferred read-only

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.castlemap]
url = "https://thecastlemap.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "castlemap": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://thecastlemap.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: castlemap
Remote MCP URL: https://thecastlemap.com/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "castlemap": {
      "url": "https://thecastlemap.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "castlemap": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://thecastlemap.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "castlemap",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://thecastlemap.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

TRUST AND VERIFICATION EVIDENCE

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