With my love of Scotland and my wargaming interest in the Jaocbite rebellion of 1745 we thought we would combine a holiday to take in both . We based our selves in Inverness so as its a 7hr drive thought we spend a night halfway so we stopped in Carlisle for the first night with an enroute stop at Clifton moor , a small skirmish the last battle on English soil 18th December 1745 ( if you dont count the "battle of Graveny Marsh"1940) .There is a nice memorial stone in the Graveyard to the British Dead (10) recently put in the area of their graves by the teh Queens Royal Hussars ,their modern day counterparts ,a bit further down the road is an old well ,now sealed off which carries acouple of plaques to the battle ,one is strange as it mentions atree ,and there is not atree for a distance so I guess this used to sit elsewhere .In a modern housing estate at the end of the village is a grand tree known as the Rebel tree here the Jcobite dead were buried and some were possibly hung from it although that may be just a legend ,a nice info board has been put up recently .
Carlisle Castle is a nice preseved building in Carlisle city centre ,it has a long history but for my interests the castle was captured by the Jacobites but it was later recaptured and the Jacobite force were executed .Today it is the home of the Cumbria Museum of Military Life covering the Cumbria County Infantry Regiment ,the Border regiment and the Kings own Royal Border Regiment plus local militia units. The musem contains some excellent uniforms and weapons
Our Second day took us up to Inverness with a stop along the way ,this will be the next post
Cool photos.
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