Tales and facts about Carlisle - one of the most fought over cities in Great Britain and one of the largest Forts along Hadrian's Wall.
Romans Reivers and Royalists
The City of Carlisle is unique. Situated on the route of Hadrian's Wall, the ancient defining line between England & Scotland.
Two Forts - One City
The Roman town of Luguvalium (Carlisle) began as an auxiliary fort and military supply base in AD 72.
For 500 years, until the 1603 Act of Union, Carlisle Castle was the principal fortress of England’s ‘Western March’ against Scotland.
Bonnie Prince Charlie
The tenth siege of Carlisle's history took place after Bonnie Prince Charlie took Carlisle in the Jacobite Rising of 1745.