Carlisle

• Carlisle is a border city with Scotland located on the River Eden in Cumbria. It was the Roman city of Luguvalium, civitas of the Carvetii Tribe.
• To the north of the river Eden there was a Roman Fort in the suburb of Stanwix, which formed part of Hadrian's Wall.

History

• In 72 CE, the Romans erected the first Fort at Carlisle made of wood, south of the river Eden.
• In c. 165 CE, it was replaced by a stone Fort and Carlisle Castle now stands on the site.

Roman Sites

• Stanwix
  • Stanwix is a suburb of Carlisle in Cumbria.
  • It was known as Petrianum or Uxelodunum and was a Fort on Hadrian’s Wall.
  • Very little of the Roman Fort is visible today.

Museums

• Tulley House Museum and Art Gallery
  • Locate at Castle Street, Carlisle.
  • The museum has several Galleries, with one dedicated to the Roman Frontier and displaying a collection of Roman Finds.

Roman Roads

• Military Way
  • Bowness-on-Solway–Stanwix–Wallsend
• Stanegate
  • Carlisle to Corbridge.
• Iter II
  • Carlisle-Catterick–York.
• Iter V
  • Pye Road from London to Caistor St Edmund, then Cambridge–Lincoln-Doncaster-York-then same as Iter II to Carlisle.
• A Roman Road from Carlisle to Maryport

Nearby Sites

• Stanwix Roman Fort
• Maryport Roman Fort
• Ravenglass Roman Baths

Stanwix Roman Fort