Qualla: Carlisle Castle https://qualla.com/carlisle-castle en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:23 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/b/carlisle-castle-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Carlisle Castle https://qualla.com/carlisle-castle Carlisle Castle: Introduction https://qualla.com/carlisle-castle/ Photo credit Neil Boothman from Carlisle, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0. Some accounts say it is Camelot. The claim is unprovable, of course, but the impulse behind it is understandable. Carlisle Castle has occupied this site near the ruins of Hadrian's Wall for more than nine centuries, and the ground beneath it held a Roman fort, Luguvalium, as early as 72 AD. Few fortresses in Britain can claim a longer continuous role in the story of these islands. Built, besieged, rebuilt, and fought over by kings, queens, and rebels from William Rufus to Bonnie Prince Charlie, it stands today as a monument to the stubborn violence of the Anglo-Scottish border.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/b/carlisle-castle-wp/gcvb-carlisle-castle-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Carlisle Castle: Where Empires Drew Their Lines https://qualla.com/carlisle-castle/ Photo credit Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0. William II of England ordered the first castle built here in 1092, a timber motte-and-bailey erected on the Roman foundations. At that time, Cumberland was still considered part of Scotland, and the act of claiming Carlisle triggered centuries of attempted reconquest. Henry I rep...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/b/carlisle-castle-wp/gcvb-carlisle-castle-where-empires-drew-their-lines.mp3 0:06 2 full Carlisle Castle: Prisoners and Queens https://qualla.com/carlisle-castle/ Photo credit Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0. Henry VIII modernised the castle for artillery, hiring the German engineer Stefan von Haschenperg to redesign its defences for the age of gunpowder. But the castle's most famous resident arrived not as a commander but as a captive. In 1568, Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned in ...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/b/carlisle-castle-wp/gcvb-carlisle-castle-prisoners-and-queens.mp3 0:06 3 full Carlisle Castle: Garrison of Memory https://qualla.com/carlisle-castle/ Photo credit Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0. The army never entirely left. Under the Cardwell Reforms of 1873, the castle became the depot for the 34th Cumberland and 55th Westmorland Regiments, which merged in 1881 to form the Border Regiment. Army Reserve units still use parts of the castle today, stationed within the Bur...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/b/carlisle-castle-wp/gcvb-carlisle-castle-garrison-of-memory.mp3 0:06 4 full Carlisle Castle: The Stone Endures https://qualla.com/carlisle-castle/ Photo credit Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0. Managed today by English Heritage and listed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument since 1996, Carlisle Castle remains remarkably intact for a fortress that has survived over nine hundred years of active use. The keep's walls still bear the marks of its many masters, from Norman masons...

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