Carlisle Castle History, Cumbria | Mary Queen of Scots | King Arthur | Robert the Bruce | 4k

Carlisle castle was built over the ruins of an ancient roman fort, near the border of England and Scotland, and is one of the most besieged locations in Britain. The castle’s location has thousands of years of history, including the captivity of Mary, Queen of Scots, dark age chronicles of King Arthur and Merlin, Robert the Bruce and start of the Scottish Wars of Independence, the Wars of the Roses, Jacobite uprising, and songs of the border reivers, famous for raiding the borderlands. It was a place of epic battles between kings and queens of England and Scotland. Join us as we explore the Castle of Carlisle.
Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational and general informational purposes only. It is not considered a substitute for professional advice or further research. Any action, or inaction, taken by you based on the information contained in this video is at your own risk.
00:00 Introduction
1:12 Roman Fort
2:35 Merlin & Rheged
3:52 King Arthur
6:01 The Keep
7:43 The Prisoner's Carvings & The Wars of The Roses
13:06 First Scottish War of Independence
18:03 The Inner Gatehouse
20:10 Mary Queen of Scots
22:23 Border Reivers
25:14 British Civil War
26:31 Jacobite Rising

[@kevjards]

Welcome all to my beautiful city. Lived here all my life. The castle is old and stunning. We have a cathedral which is older. I fully recommend visiting the area.

[@em-jaytaylor6743]

This castle proved useful even in the modern age. When the city flooded, the castle was of course situated on a hill and so was spared the flooding. Unlike say, Carlisle football pitch, where two goldfish were found swimming around the goal posts (thereafter becoming the team mascots). Or the police station, who’s officers had to watch as their cars, originally parked in the car park, floated away in the flood. The castles position allowed emergency services to have a safe spot for their fire engines to operate from - and so be in good enough condition to be able to use their water pumps for the cleanup. It’s quite mad how so many of our ancient castles still serve the community in emergencies. Just as they did centuries ago

[@joshschneider9766]

Wow that's mind blowing. Glad you guys had the castle to fall back on in hard times. Hope everyone was ok.

[@joshschneider9766]

I can just imagine it in my minds eye. Modern emergency response people doing their thing amid ancient stone. Quite dazzling to consider for sure.

[@user-kg2fz4xo2x]

My wife was born there and told me that her dad would take her for walks around the castle. Such an awesome building with such history...

[@harshanid3636]

I would have preferred to see more of the interior of the castle.

[@Panda-gs5lt]

My family has a long history in Cumbria (Bowness) and I had the pleasure of visiting Carlisle Castle in my youth and holds a great place in my memories to this day.

[@derekblythe6143]

Absollutley fantastic video,i love ancient history and i'm from carlisle.

[@randomvintagefilm273]

I can't imagine how long it took you to put this video together, well done.

[@goodsoup6085]

Man, i live here and been inside a few times, its super cool and glad someone made a great video on it.. thankyou

[@karenblackadder1183]

So do I. We really don't appreciate the Castle and Cathedral because we've grown up with them. It takes a stranger to make us stop and realise what an amazing history Carlisle has.

[@em-jaytaylor6743]

Having lived in Carlisle for seven years, several of them in direct sight of it, I did not visit the castle until days before I moved to Manchester. Ditto the cathedral.

[@coyotedust]

Your dates regarding Mary Queen of Scots are off by 30 odd years. The Battle of Langside was fought on 13 May 1568 between forces loyal to Mary, Queen of Scots, and forces acting in the name of her infant son James VI. 24 July 1567-Following an uprising against the couple, Mary was imprisoned in Lochleven Castle. On 24 July 1567, she was forced to abdicate in favor of her one-year-old son, James VI. On May 16, 1568, a small sail boat carrying Mary Queen of Scots sets sail for Carlisle. Two days later, on May 18th, 1568, Mary was escorted to Carlisle Castle, and so began her 19 years as a prisoner of Elizabeth I until her execution in 1587.

[@Fires755]

That's true!!!

[@Crusty_Camper]

As a resident of West Cumbria I am very impressed with your video, particularly your pronunciation of some tricky names of people and places. You covered the long and complex history of this area very thoroughly and explain how nationality and territory are somewhat fluid. One sad incident not mentioned was after the 1745 Rising when some Jacobite rebels were executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered. The local people did not approve and when the executions began, they went to their homes and closed the doors and shutters. As with all wars, it was not chosen by the people on either side, but by those in authority over them.

[@RaymondShot]

😊

[@patriciajrs46]

I like this explanation of King Arthur and Morgana, also Merlin. I love the castles of the UK, Scotland, and Ireland. Thanks for this history recollection.

[@pedanticradiator1491]

​@@patriciajrs46Scotland is part of the UK

[@washguy9577]

This was a great video so much history, and I'm from New England USA. All the names in this video are the names of old towns here its fascinating to learn where and why these names exist her.

[@BooBoosPalace]

18:48 you can see a rainbow through the middle window. Wonderful video! Thank you!

[@patriciajrs46]

Great video. Thank you. I'm glad it's being restored. That is a good thing. The military connection, and history is very interesting. Loved the informatikn about Richard the third.

[@Modellers-Workbench]

Interesting. On my mothers side my Grandmother lived at Carlisle Castle as a girl and my Grandfather born Holy Island.

[@rockettheatregroup.5950]

What a very informative film- thank you 😊

[@bluestreak2701]

Woodrow Wilsons mother was from Carlisle. Left our shores from Port Carlisle to Liverpool then left for America.

[@eileenbell8965]

Is your name “blue streak” a remainder of the spadeadam blue streak rocket?

[@bluestreak2701]

@@eileenbell8965 yes

[@jamesashley9127]

Soooooooo good! Thank you for doing this.

[@jaytay8637]

Amazing amount of information ! Fascinating and very well done.

[@SARHistories]

A very informative video. Keep up the great work!👍

[@JP-su8bp]

Solid narrative, thanks for taking the time to present it.

[@vickilindberg6336]

Wonderful. Thank you. Really enjoy your adding the various drawings of the castle over the years.

[@woogle23]

Mary landed in my home town of Workington (30 miles west of Carlisle), she spent the night at Workington (Curwen) hall before being transported to Carlisle.

[@momof2momof2]

I've been to Alnwick castle. The view from the other side is so unreal, its breath taking !

[@DFMSelfprotection]

My home town...

[@itallia666]

🇬🇧 Im Northumbrian born & raised. In Corbridge ( Corstopetum, not sure of spelling but was a settlement of Roman soldiers) I was born at Dilston Hall, in Corbridge, once the seat of Lord Derwentwater, who fought against the Crown in the Jacobean Rebellion! I now live on the NE coast of Northumbria not far from the Isle of Lindisfarne. However my life long friend lives in Cumbria now, at a place called Heads Nook Hall which is just outside Carlisle! I often visit her & have been to Carlisle Castle many times, i saw a soldier walking along the battlements once & thought it was just someone acting out in period costume for tourists Joining up with my friend i casually mentioned the soldier & wondered why i hadnt seen any other staff in costume. My friend looked at me & said they didnt do that at the castle I felt immediately cold & knew what id seen & described in detail his clothes etc. We went to the tour guide & i told him & he said many had seen the soldier, on the battlements or around different parts of the castle & was said to be lucky to have seen him. The next day while in the town of Penrith, i bought a lottery scratch card & stuck it in my bag. Forgetting about it. That night as my friend & i talked ghost stories & onto the ghostly soldier at Carlisle Castle, i remembered my lottery card & fetched it, scratching off the foil i was amazed to find id won £500 ! A few days later back in Carlisle i went back to the castle & saught out the guide & told him i had been lucky & so had he as i gave him £50 to take his family out for a good meal. Its quite an atmospheric place to visit, & another very odd place is also in Cumbria & its a stone circle called Long Meg & Her Daughters. A circle of stones & a long tall megalith which dominates & is Long Meg herself! Reputed to go back to the 6th or 7th c Britain ( but experts say its much much older) it has strange & odd feelings even in daytime & in differing directions around the large area of the stone circle. People have seen a phosphorescent mist about certain of these stones or flashes coming from the stones Sometimes a wierd silence descends which makes you nervous. Great county is Cumbria, very unspoilt & wonderful natural beauty. Thank you for your video, its good to see Carlisle Castle again Regards 🇬🇧👧

[@AlanLindaCumming]

As a native of Cumbria, (well Cumberland , I was born before the name changed). Thank you.

[@Fires755]

Wow!, thank you for your story, you live there!! I'm a Rollo descendant, Love it !!

[@pedanticradiator1491]

Long Meg is a lot older than the 6th and 7tn centuries AD

[@lourdesmary6505]

U explained very nicely about the kingdom about old hustory , thank you

[@sombra6153]

Fascinating information. I wonder how may sheriffs in the US would be capable of defending their counties today?

[@checktheskies5040]

I've spent many nights in Carlisle Castle. It's a big cool old place. Much of our history has disappeared some how. I found out one of my family were imprisoned there for assaulting a officer and he was demoted in 1900s! The dungeon is still intact I'm sure. Rheged the name means= two things one is a duality of the other, one being there cursed kingdom. It's a beautiful county.

[@krishnaghosh2114]

Wonderful documentary

[@lourdesmary6505]

I like this history

[@kaycwtchmahoney2940]

Had a walk Round here they are currently doing restoration work on the gate tower it’s awesome place

[@Fernandwinnie]

Excellent.

[@loonylinda]

very nicely done.

[@DrSolara]

A great video but you have one minor error with your Greek/Roman gods. "Jupiter" is actually the Roman equivalent of the Greek Zeus. "Juno" was the Roman equivalent of the Greek "Hera" who was Jupiter's/Zeus' wife and Queen of the gods. A very minor oversight. Loving the video.

[@Minniebol]

Your video is brilliant, very informative. Unfortunatly it isn't 'Logtown' it's LONGTOWN. You can see there is a lot of effort taken for this video. Shame about the mistake.

[@HistoryVictorum]

Yes you are right! I was so worried about how to pronounce things like "Ecgfrith" and "Gwenddoleu" that I didn't take a second look at Longtown. I do actually see that it was spelled "Logtown" in a text from 19th century and that's possibly where I got it. -James

[@Minniebol]

@@HistoryVictorum I've lived in Longtown all my life. Locals call it 'Langtoon!' The name Longtown derives from Langtouni' or Langrtoun. The prefix Lang may come from come from the Welsh word 'glan" which means Valley. In days gone by it would be in fact the town in the valley of the Esk. In 1272 it was recorded as Longeton. Langetune in 1584 Longtown in 1590 Longtown in 1607 Long Town in 1695

[@HistoryVictorum]

That's great info! Really interesting. It was only mentioned as Logtown once that I saw in 1746, which unfortunately happened to be the date I was researching for the Jacobite rising. But clearly it should have been Longtown there as well.

[@stevehein7884]

WELL DONE VIDEO

[@TonyEnglandUK]

Excellent stuff, HV

[@susanbelida6981]

Very nice presentation. Thank you. Love the history!!

[@3ForestAnimals]

Excellent

[@podrozepochmurze]

Very interesting epezode :)

[@anthonytroisi6682]

Was all of the city of Carlisle surrounded by the castle walls during Medieval times? Where in North America did the Border Reivers go?

[@pedanticradiator1491]

Yes the city walls surrounded the whole of then city. Most of the West Walls still exist the other walls were demolished in the 19th century to allow for new roads to be built and the city to expand

[@SALeppard]

Error. Mary Queen Of Scots arrived in England in May 1568, not 1537 as narrator has stated. Queen Mary was not born until 1542 .Please do your research more thoroughly

[@noreenclark2568]

I visited here many years ago , i remember the outside of the building but nothing of the interior or the history so sad.

[@lynnemurphy114]

❤

[@DFMSelfprotection]

Oh dear, no it wasn't English soldiers that grabbed Kinmont but the English reiver family called Salkeld. Queen Elizabeth told Lord Scrope that it might be best if he was released. However, Lord Scrope was determined to hang him. Why? Because his father had been warden before him and the one that he always wanted to get was Kinmont Willie. His rescue was brought about by a combination of ENGLISH and Scottish reivers. Thomas Carlton (Of the infamous Charlton family) was the constable of Carlisle castle. However, he was also the son-in-law of Willie Kinmont (The Armstrong's English allies were the Charltons - Carlton's in Cumbria - the Dodds and the Robsons). So, Thomas Carlton and ANOTHER English officer of the crown Lowther (second-in-command of Bewick castle) plotted with the Scots to spring him. They roped in the English Grahams who made sure that everyone stayed in that night in the area - on the threat of death - and Scots then mounted their rescue. Thomas Carlton made sure the guards weren't in place and English girl (possibly a Graham) led the raiders to where Kinmont was being held...

[@patriciajrs46]

Intersting for sure.

[@Fires755]

Wow!! Thank you for the history!!

[@ianmyles9025]

around about minute 13 onwards - "first Scottish war of independence - 1296 to 398 - just a typo correct ?

[@juliecowen3641]

@REACTING TO MY ROOTS

[@kaourlordsarmy2746]

So was luke one of the Romans that apostle paul wrote too x

[@sandman8993]

Currently under restoration 👍

[@RoboCario]

I used to go sleding with my uncle at 20:01, also I dont have to walk far from where I am rn to see this castle in the distance, its quite a nice view of the whole of carlisle. But i wont tell you where cos I dont wan people randomnly finding me XD It was always at night and my uncle would always tease me and say Mary is whatching us, because we stoof directly in front of that window, and id turn back and just look into the dark void feeling a sense of some sort of presence but seeing nothing but darkness because it was late at night. I wounder if the Ghaost of Mary Queen of Scotts really was there, because it did feel ery and as if I was being whathced

[@patriciajrs46]

Did you spell words incorrectly on purpose?

[@RoboCario]

@@patriciajrs46 no

[@patriciajrs46]

@@RoboCario my fingers are fat and I often type the wrong letters because of it. I have to go back and edit. I just wondered.

[@peterchaloner2877]

"The Sheriff would have had their meals." Tosh, man. HIS meals. HIS.

[@benturnbull1582]

Bull shit!!!! THEIR meals THEIR 😂

[@SALeppard]

Charles was King of Scots also, he was born in Scotland where do these people get their information from!!

[@mkgaming5823]

Theres a tunnel that goes from one side of the road to the other side( Castle side) In that tunnel there is a stone, This stone curses all of the Border reiver families both English and Scot My family line is made up of several reiver families both English and Scot so my family is mega cursed

[@karenblackadder1183]

You think you're cursed?! With my surname, how the hell do you think I feel?

[@sandman8993]

@@karenblackadder1183 I’d feel very special to have that name.

[@karenblackadder1183]

@@sandman8993 Thank you. It's okay in the local area, but if I go further south, I have a devil of a time to book a hotel, taxi, table in a restaurant. They all think it's a hoax and put the phone down on me!!

[@patriciajrs46]

Hmmm. That's not so good.

[@patriciajrs46]

​@@karenblackadder1183I'm sorry. That can't be easy.

[@josephmaganja650]

😯😲😃 restore it you could use it put some townhouses in there

[@RoboMonkey101.-.]

No

[@debatablelands_ratcher6354]

Longtown not logtown pal

[@aaronsaunders6974]

William Wallace Robert the Bruce was at urqhuart and here in his lifetime.

[@The_Deaf_Aussie]

Yer all over the place.. try keep it linear and consistant.. mm.. kay?

[@viski8450]

Why is that in my recommendations?

[@eileenbell8965]

Who knows or cares……

[@patriciajrs46]

​@@eileenbell8965Perhaps you once watched a videon on Scotland or British history. Who knows?

[@Sargis-tq5hz]

Великая Киликия Арарата

[@mwilson7842]

Maybe this video has too many errors?

[@robertwoolstencroft5946]

Carlisle castle surrendered by the Manchester Regiment(Jacobite) shoes colonel and officers mostly executed as well as many of the men

[@LynxSouth]

You give information about Mary, Queen of Scots that you say happened in 1537 and 1538, but she wasn't born until 1542. She fled to England in 1568. Mostly good information, excellent photography, but pronunciation needs work (Lancaster = LANK-uh-stur; Gloucester = GLOSS-tur).

[@patriciajrs46]

His words on Mary and the island of Skye are @ 20:36 in this video. He does mention 1537.

[@Fires755]

Very sad about Mary, queen of scots, my grandmother!!! One of my grandmother's, God be with us!!!

[@pedanticradiator1491]

​@@Fires755 Mary was your grandmother wow you must be at least 450 years old

[@peterchaloner2877]

A very dull castle to visit. Bare, empty and undecorated, with a military museum the size of two domestic living-rooms.

[@user-ny4ju2op5u]

Well dont come you old crank.

[@mikmik9034]

ADVERTISEMENT: I cannot find any such "give away" . No free money for me, it seems.

[@leoncChannel]

Queen of scots was a prisoner

[@jennieguy8625]

Kinmont Willie 👍