INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

castles_near

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

thecastlemap.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

Input schema

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Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

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.

search_castles — Search the atlas’s 2,400 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins by name (accent- and case-insensitive substring match).
get_castle — Fetch one landmark’s full record by slug (preferred, e.
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).
list_countries — Every country in the atlas with its landmark count, most first — answers "which country has the most castles" (France leads).
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.
random_castle — One random landmark with its full record, optionally limited to a country — for discovery, quizzes and "castle of the day" features.