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Section of North City Walls adjoining Carlisle Castle


Speeds map of Carlisle modified to highlight approximate remaining section of North City WallsA short section of the North City Walls survives in Carlisle. The section of Medieval wall is about 75 metres long, connecting with Carlisle Castle. Where the wall turns at a sharp angle there is a 12th century sallyport with rounded arch (a sallyport is a defencible gate or passage in a fortified place for troops to pass). This section of the North City Walls stop at what is now Castle View (road), but the walls would have continued in a south-easterly direction, down what is now West Tower Street. The rest of the North City Walls were demolished between 1811 and 1815. This surviving section of the North City Walls is Grade I listed on the National Heritage List for England.

City Walls Historic Buildings and Monuments in Carlisle Grade I Listed
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Half hexagon sentry post, from inside Carlisle city walls near the castle.
- Photo by 'Nothernhenge' 10 September 2015. Image available c/o Wilimedia Commons, licened under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication
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FRAGMENT OF NORTH CITY WALLS ADJOINING SOUTH EAST ANGLE - Carlisle - List Entry
- "Fragment of north city walls. C12 with extensive repairs of different periods up to 1973. Squared blocks of red sandstone with some calciferous sandstone and some re-used Roman stone; partly …
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