Carlisle: The Border Castle and Mary's Prison
North West, England
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Carlisle: The Border Castle and Mary's Prison
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Carlisle Castle was begun under William Rufus and its keep dates from between 1122 and 1135 — one of only about a hundred tower keeps in the country. Mary, Queen of Scots was held here for a few months in 1568, in the Warden's Tower. The city began as the Roman settlement of Luguvalium on Hadrian's Wall and became the stronghold of the western border, and its cathedral began as an Augustinian priory church.
Required Activities
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of 4
Tour Carlisle Castle and its Norman keep
2
of 4
Find the 15th-century carvings in the keep, long called the prisoners' carvings but now thought to be the work of bored guards
3
of 4
Go into Carlisle Cathedral, founded as an Augustinian priory
4
of 4
Visit Tullie, formerly Tullie House, for Hadrian's Wall and the Border Reivers
Tour Carlisle Castle and its Norman keep
Find the 15th-century carvings in the keep, long called the prisoners' carvings but now thought to be the work of bored guards
Go into Carlisle Cathedral, founded as an Augustinian priory
Visit Tullie, formerly Tullie House, for Hadrian's Wall and the Border Reivers
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