| Located at the western end of the
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| | last wall of defense), as great a height
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| Stanegate, the Roman roadway that crossed
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| | as was practicable in the form of a tower
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| northern England, the Cumbrian city of
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| | and in it was built the castle keep,
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| Carlisle has long been valued for its
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| | itself the living quarters, etc.A single
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| strategic value. In 1092, some 500 years
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| | gateway breached the wall's southern
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| after the Romans abandoned the post, the
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| | side, so visitors from the city could
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| Normans established themselves at the
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| | enter the castle. All in all, Carlisle
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| site, which had been in Scottish hands
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| | is an outstanding example of a
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| since 1068. Recognizing the potency of
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| | stone-enclosure castle. As early as the
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| the location - Scotland is a mere 10
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| | 12th century, Henry I began strengthening
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| miles away and the site stands on a bluff
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| | Carlisle Castle in stone and enclosing
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| overlooking the River Eden - Carlisle was
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| | the city with masonry walls. He probably
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| deemed the ideal place to erect a
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| | started work on the castle's oldest
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| castle.In the Middle Ages, Carlisle
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| | surviving structure, the Great Keep, in
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| became a key forward outpost for
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| | about 1122, but it was his successors who
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| England's monarchs during their long
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| | actually completed the massive stone
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| struggle against the Scots when the
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| | rectangle. In its heyday the keep stood
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| castle changed hands repeatedly from the
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| | over 65 feet high. During the 18th
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| 12th to the 18th century.. The Scottish
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| | century Jacobite Rising - an abortive
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| King David I first took the castle in
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| | attempt to place Bonnie Prince Charlie on
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| 1136, but lost it to Henry II.
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| | the British throne - a first floor
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| Alexander, King of the Scots, took it
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| | chamber served as a prison. Jacobite
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| again in 1216 but lost it to Edward I of
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| | prisoners licked the stones of their
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| England who later staged his invasion of
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| | cells, which were reputedly a source of
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| southern Scotland from the castle.
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| | moisture, to quench their thirst.Besides
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| Bonnie Prince Charlie was the last Scot
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| | the Great Keep, the inner guardhouse
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| to successfully take the castle, in a six
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| | (known as the Captain's Tower), remnants
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| day battle, but soon thereafter lost it
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| | of the royal apartments and other
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| again to the Duke of Cumberland.Later,
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| | domestic buildings survive from the
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| the castle became a depot for arms and
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| | medieval period. Queen Mary'' Tower,
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| ammunition and a barracks for the
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| | named for its most famous prisoner, Mary,
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| military, which remained there throughout
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| | Queen of Scots, dates to the 14th
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| the Second World War. Even though
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| | century. It now holds the museum of the
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| extensive modifications over the
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| | King's Own Royal Border Regiment.During
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| centuries have transformed the original
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| | the 1540s, Henry VIII initiated the first
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| stronghold into a powerful artillery
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| | of several major modernization projects
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| fortress, the layout of the castle
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| | to refit the castle for artillery. Over
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| remains true to its medieval origins. A
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| | the course of the next 350 years, the
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| masonry cross-wall and ditch separate the
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| | ongoing presence of the army and the
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| site into inner and outer baileys and a
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| | castle's continued use as a military
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| stone curtain wall frames the entire
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| | depot and armory forced further
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| complex.A bailey is an enclosed
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| | alterations to the structure, as weapons
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| courtyard, typically surrounded by a
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| | technology evolved and the fortifications
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| wooden fence, earthen or stone wall and
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| | decayed.Today the castle no longer fears
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| overlooked by the motte. A castle could
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| | the impact of battle and aging on its
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| have more than one bailey, sometimes an
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| | battlements. The sturdy red walls, which
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| inner surrounded by a lesser wall and an
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| | starkly contrast with the green fields at
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| outer surrounded by a strong wall. The
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| | their base, stand as an everlasting
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| motte was a mound built in the center of
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| | reminder of the turmoil that plagued the
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| the bailey with very thick walls (the
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| | borderland between England and Scotland.
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