The castle was built in 1092 in wood on a Roman and Saxon site. Rebuilt in stone in 1157 it was ever under attack and had to be repaired in 1541 but again it was badly damaged in the Civil War and then in 1745 in the Jacobite uprising. It was then rebuilt again in the 1820's around the large Norman keep.
English Heritage, open all year.
Also inside the city walls is the Prior's Tower, Carlisle Cathedral, which is a 15th century pele tower (see photo below).
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