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CARLISLE CASTLE: A SURVEY AND DOCUMENTARY HISTORY

by M.R. McCarthy; H.R.T. Summerson; R.G. Annis

Published by English Heritage. 1st. 1990

Very good condition. English Heritage Archaeological Report no. 18. An historical account of the castle, preceded by a full survey of the standing buildings, including many accurate scale drawings of the keep, the Captain's and De Ireby's Towers, and other main elements. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos & illustrations, some folding.

Covers unevenly faded. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

ISBN: 1850742715
Stock no. 1828413

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Contents

  • Part 1: description and discussion of the castle buildings by M R McCarthy and R G Annis
  • 1 The castle's setting
  • Location
  • The geology of Carlisle by B. Young
  • The topography and early history of Carlisle
  • 2 Introduction to the castle
  • The analysis and source material
  • The layout of the castle
  • The earliest castle
  • 3 The defences
  • Introduction:
  • The outer bridge and outer ditch
  • Discussion
  • The curtain walls:
  • Introduction
  • The inner ward
  • The outer ward
  • Discussion
  • The outer gatehouse (De Ireby's Tower):
  • The exterior
  • The interior
  • Discussion
  • The half-moon battery, inner ditch and bridge:
  • Discussion
  • The city walls and the Tile Tower (Richard III's Tower):
  • The north-east city walls
  • The western city walls and the Tile Tower (exterior)
  • The interior of the Tile Tower
  • Discussion
  • 4 The buildings of the inner ward
  • Introduction:
  • Access into the inner ward
  • The keep and forebuilding:
  • The external elevations of the keep
  • The external elevations of the forebuilding
  • The keep interior:
  • The ground floor
  • The first floor
  • The second floor and other features
  • The third floor
  • The parapet
  • Discussion
  • Queen Mary's Tower and the passage to the Dacre postern gate:
  • The external elevations
  • The internal layout of the tower
  • The passage to the Dacre postern gate
  • Discussion
  • The Elizabethan or Governor's Range:
  • The south elevation
  • The west elevation
  • Discussion
  • The Regimental Museum:
  • The external elevations
  • The internal elevations
  • Discussion
  • The Magazine and the Militia Store
  • Discussion
  • 5 The buildings of the outer ward
  • The Officers' Mess
  • Ypres block
  • Gallipoli block
  • Arroyo block Arnhem block
  • Alma block
  • The Garrison Cells and Regimental Offices
  • Section 2: the history of Carlisle castle from 1092 to 1962 by H R T Summerson
  • 6 Early developments 1092-1217
  • The Normans and their castles
  • Henry I, David I, and the beginnings of building in stone
  • Henry II and the re-ordering of Carlisle's defences
  • Carlisle and the war of 1173-4
  • Carlisle and the extension of royal control
  • The reign of John and the siege of 1216
  • 7 The castle from 1217-1296
  • Recovery and renewal 1217-23
  • Peaceful neglect 1223-56
  • The report of c 1256 and the thirteenth-century castle
  • Carlisle castle in the Barons' wars 1258-67
  • The late thirteenth-century castle 1267-96
  • 8 The castle from 1296-1378
  • The beginnings of the Scottish wars 1296-1311
  • The years of crisis 1311-23
  • Neglect, decay, and uproar 1323-45
  • Partial restoration 1346-78
  • 9 Rebuilding and renewal 1377-1399
  • The new gatehouse
  • Other building works
  • War and peace in the borders
  • Techniques and workforce
  • Organisation and finance
  • 10 The period of Warden control 1399-1537
  • The Percies and the Nevilles 1399-1426
  • The period of Neville dominance
  • Carlisle and the Wars of the Roses 1461-70
  • The rule of Richard of Gloucester 1471-85
  • The Wardenship of Thomas, Lord Dacre
  • Carlisle castle in 1529
  • Repair and rebellion 1529-37
  • 11 The Tudor castle 1537-1603
  • Modernisation and renovation 1537-50
  • Renewed stagnation 1550-63
  • The Certificate of Decays and the crisis of the late 1560s
  • The Wardenship of Lord Scrope 1570-92
  • The organisation of the sixteenth century works
  • The Tudor castle, its functions and its occupants
  • The last years of Tudor Carlisle 1592-1603
  • 12 The seventeenth and early eighteenth century castle
  • The union of the Crowns and its aftermath 1603-39
  • The Civil Wars and Interregnum 1639-1660:
  • 1639-1641
  • 1642-1648
  • 1648-1660
  • The Restoration castle 1660-88:
  • Reports and repairs
  • Dissenters and Covenanters
  • Carlisle Castle in the reign of Charles II
  • The reign of James II and the Glorious Revolution
  • Stagnation and Disuse 1688-1745
  • 13 The castle between 1745 and 1815
  • Carlisle and the '45
  • Declining into picturesqueness 1746-1793
  • Foreign war and civil disturbances 1793-1815
  • 14 Radicalism and reconstruction, 1815-1848
  • 1815-1820
  • 1820-1831
  • 1831-1837
  • 1837-1848
  • 15 1848 to 1988; from Regimental depot to ancient monument
  • The mid Victorian castle
  • Closure and preoccupation 1860-90
  • The beginnings of dual control 1890-1918
  • 'Preserving the amenities' 1918 -1962
  • Appendix 1: selected documentary sources
  • Appendix 2: list of pictorial sources, by D R Perriam
  • Works referred to
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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