The castles, towers and fortified buildings of Cumbria

Soulby Hall Soulby Cumbria Photographed by accident (if that's possible!!) on a visit to Soulby to photograph St Lukes (now flats) ...

St Lawrence Morland Cumbria This is Cumbria's only surviving Saxon church tower, and as such is a unique addition to this collectio...

St Michael at the North Gate Oxford The Saxon tower of St Michael at the North Gate is most likely Oxford's oldest building, riva...

The Guildhall, Carlisle

The Old Town Hall Carlisle

Prince Charle's lodgings, Carlisle Above. Marks and Spencers department store on Scotch Street.  Above. The memorial hig...

The Curse of Carlisle and the Cursing Stone Carlisle Cumbria In the underpass that runs beneath the dual carriageway near to Tullie...

Franciscan Friary of Carlisle (site of) Carlisle Cumbria Records dating from 1534, state that the Franciscan Friary of Carlisle was bei...

Carlisle The English Gate\Bochard Gate It was widely thought that the Bochard and the English gates were one and the same....one simply ...

Carlisle The Irish Gate\Caldew Gate The Irish Gate is today represented by the curving footbridge that spans the A595 that cuts throu...

Carlisle The Scotch Gate\Rickergate\Richard Gate The Scotch Gate, otherwise known as the Rickergate (Richard Gate) stood at the East ...

Carlisle Castle The oratory and cell On the second floor of the keep at Carlisle, are some tantalising remnants of Carlisle's long h...