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Carlisle on Hadrian's Roman WallThe Romans were the first to fortify Carlisle when they had a garrison stationed at Luguvalium as part of Emperor Hadrian's 75 mile wall across Britain during their 400 years of occupation two thousand years ago.For the following six hundred years the wall ad fortifications fell into slow disrepair and dismantling for other building project in the hostile border region between Newcastle in the East to Carlisle in the west.The area North of the wall was Reiver Bandit Country with border raiding parties pillaging the land in both directions, following such a raid Rufus (William II) came to Carlisle in 1092 and fortify the town starting a long period of Scottish domination.Years later in 1122 Henry I, ordered the city to be defended by a castle of stone which was completed by subsequent leaders until 1157 when Henry II of England took the city into English ownership, where it has stayed ever since.
Carlisle Castle
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