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1st Feb 2024  09:11  by FrankR

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28th Aug 2023  12:18  by Trigger

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TP10528

1st May 2023  14:03  by Thejenkies

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Sightseeing in Carlisle

Castle Keep Flagstaff

7th Feb 2023  15:57  by sheepsocks

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In Carlisle for a geology talk at the Tullie museum

Flagstaff

7th Jul 2022  22:13  by thejackrustles

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Don't think dal actually saw it as the keep is covered in tarpaulin for renovation.

Castle Keep Flagstaff under wraps ©thejackrustles

3rd Jun 2022  18:45  by dal

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16th Dec 2021  00:00  by Axe Edge

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Swanning around Carlisle collecting stations and visiting some interesting and contrasting sites in this city. Unfortunately, the castle grounds were closed. I visited four sites and dedicated to Captain French Surgery (doctors). Alas Captain French wasn't a swashbuckling soldier, but a church warden in1660. Dashed dreams.

21st Oct 2021  00:12  by Alison Caryl

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Across road when walking Cumbria Way

17th Sep 2021  14:58  by Deego

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Had a nice walk around the castle no.378

©Deego
©Deego
©Deego

29th Aug 2021  16:40  by catman

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21st Aug 2021  13:10  by agentmancuso

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Didn't have time to visit the castle properly; next time.

31st Jul 2021  12:24  by Earby Rambler

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I alighted the 08.26 Skipton to Carlisle train at Carlisle, a brilliant amble around Carlisle BM hunting along the way.

Castle Keep Flagstaff

22nd Dec 2020  12:45  by Thomas David Whitaker

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I have never looked around the castle, but I've always liked it's appearance.Red sandstone and stoutly built;historically it had to face ten sieges (Civil War, Jacobites etc). By the time we had finished Christmas shopping I knew how it felt

16th Jul 2019  19:00  by RogerTempleman

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9th Jun 2019  13:31  by asbown

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9th Jun 2019  13:31  by The reluctant trigger

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9th May 2019  13:10  by dugswell2

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Seen many times during FMD 2001.

23rd Mar 2019  18:29  by painterman61

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Disappointed I could not get in the castle for a look round will be back flagstaff ok

castle ©painterman61

29th Jan 2018  14:30  by MAC.HAWK

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18th Sep 2017  17:20  by tigger4242

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1st Jul 2017  11:00  by Dumfriesmike

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Bagged from base of the keep.

26th Feb 2017  14:40  by Moacky

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A wet sunday afternoon in Carlisle - what else is there to do but look for trig points?

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31st May 2016  12:08  by MikeImber

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12th Apr 2016  07:46  by pkbathrooms

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Carlisle Castle was first built during the reign of William II of England, the son of William the Conqueror who invaded England in 1066. At that time, Cumberland was still considered a part of Scotland. William II ordered the construction of a Norman style motte and bailey castle in Carlisle on the site of an old Roman fort, with construction beginning in 1093. The need for a castle in Carlisle was to keep the northern border of England secured against the threat of invasion from Scotland. In 1122, Henry I of England ordered a stone castle to be constructed on the site. Thus a keep and city walls were constructed. The existing Keep dates from somewhere between 1122 and 1135. he act of driving out the Scots from Cumberland led to many attempts to retake the lands. The result of this was that Carlisle and its castle would change hands many times for the next 700 years. The first attempt began during the troubled reign of Stephen of England. On the 26 March 1296, John 'The Red' Comyn, since the fourth quarter of 1295 Lord of Annandale, led a Scottish host across the Solway to attack Carlisle. The then governor of the castle, one Robert de Brus, deposed Lord of Annandale, successfully withstood the attack, before forcing the raiders to retreat back through Annandale to Sweetheart Abbey. From the mid-13th century until the unification of England and Scotland in 1603, Carlisle castle was the vital headquarters of the Western March, a buffer zone to protect the western portion of the Anglo-Scottish border. Henry VIII converted the castle for artillery, employing the engineer Stefan von Haschenperg. For a few months in 1567, Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned within the castle, in the Warden’s Tower, which was demolished in 1835. Later, the castle was besieged by the Parliamentary forces for eight months in 1644, during the English Civil War. The most important battles for the city of Carlisle and its castle were during the second Jacobite rising against George II of Great Britain in 1745. The forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart travelled south from Scotland into England reaching as far south as Derby. Carlisle and the castle were seized and fortified by the Jacobites. However they were driven north by the forces of William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, the son of George II. Carlisle was recaptured, and the Jacobites were jailed and executed. That battle marked the end of the castle's fighting life, as defending the border between England and Scotland was not necessary with both countries again one in Great Britain. After 1746, the castle became somewhat neglected, although some minor repairs were undertaken such as that of the drawbridge in 1783. Some parts of the castle were then demolished for use as raw materials in the 19th century to create more or less what is visible to the visitor today. The Army moved in to take hold of the castle, which was the regimental depot of the Border Regiment until 1959, when The Regiment amalgamated with the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) to form the King's Own Royal Border Regiment. The Army Reserve still use parts of the castle: 8 Platoon C Company 4th Battalion the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment are based within the Burma Block. The Castle also houses The King’s Own Border Regiment Museum.

4th Mar 2016  15:50  by rupertal

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23rd Aug 2015  16:15  by Wubbleyew

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Enjoyed my architectural perambulation around Carlisle taking in two intersected stations & an active station, and then the hospitality of the Kings's Head in Fisher Street.

16th May 2015  14:10  by eigerman

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Nice location

Castle Keep Flagstaff

16th Dec 2014  13:03  by Triggers

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on way to edinburgh with work

27th Oct 2014  12:35  by Rick Trig

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In the area so why not?

30th Mar 2014  18:06  by peregrinus

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26th Oct 2013  16:35  by ted

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Flagstaff but no flag today. Breezy; light fading.

Castle Keep Flagstaff
Castle Keep Flagstaff

9th Aug 2013  16:10  by jonglew

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Asked for access to the tower but denied due to stairs having no railings and being unsafe - English Heritage staff told me a member of the public fell some time ago. They showed me a cut benchmark behind the electronic gate by the ticket office that I needed to return to photograph after closing time as they couldn't get the gate to close for me then.

Castle Keep TP10528©jonglew
Castle Keep Flagstaff TP10528©jonglew

19th Mar 2013  13:28  by PeteBoggs

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Day out in Carlisle

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26th Feb 2013  14:05  by jlc

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7th Jul 2012  11:00  by CJO

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NY45 T077 Flagstaff and Bolt reported at this location. Only Flagstaff observed access to bolt not sought. Recorded location is NY3974456211

Castle Keep Flagstaff

5th May 2012  12:50  by Border Peat

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Well worth a visit

Castle Keep Flagstaff©Border Peat

2nd Jul 2010  13:21  by descarte1

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Bagged during visit to Carlisle Castle. Didn't get access to the roof to check the bolt, but there's a cut benchmark on one of the tower parapets!

22nd May 2005  11:20  by Dusty

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Visited again 12/04/2016

Keep & Flagstaff
Flagstaff on Keep 12/04/2016

3rd Jun 1993  15:00  by Historian

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Retrospective log.

©Historian