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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Port Carlisle

  

Port Carlisle Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Port Carlisle

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You can visit Port Carlisle places with Walkfo Port Carlisle to hear history at Port Carlisle’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Port Carlisle has 15 places to visit in our interactive Port Carlisle map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Port Carlisle, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Port Carlisle places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Port Carlisle & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Port Carlisle Places Map
15 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Port Carlisle tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Port Carlisle

  

Best Port Carlisle places to visit

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Port Carlisle has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Port Carlisle’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Port Carlisle’s information audio spots:

Milecastle 80 Milecastle 80 was one of a series of Milecastles or small fortlets built at intervals of approximately one Roman mile along Hadrian’s Wall (grid reference NY22276270)

Mais (Bowness) Maia, or Mais, in Cumbria, England was a Roman fort on Hadrian’s Wall. It was the last (or first) fort at the western end of the Wall, overlooking the Solway Firth.

Milefortlet 1 Milefortlet 1 (Biglands House) was a milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from the western end of Hadrian’s Wall.

Milecastle 79 Milecastle 79 (Solway House) was one of a series of Milecastles or small fortlets built at intervals of approximately one Roman mile along Hadrian’s Wall (grid reference NY23596224)

Milecastle 78 Milecastle 78 (Kirkland) was one of a series of Milecastles or small fortlets built at intervals of approximately one Roman mile along Hadrian’s Wall (grid reference NY245613)

Milecastle 77 Milecastle 77 (Raven Bank) was one of a series of Milecastles or small fortlets built at intervals of approximately one Roman mile along Hadrian’s Wall (grid reference NY25666068)

Drumburgh Castle Drumburgh Castle is a medieval pele tower in Cumbria, England. The castle is located in the village of Drumbargh, in the north-west of the county. It was built in the 13th century.

Coggabata Coggabata, or Congavata / Concavata, (with the modern name of Drumburgh) was a Roman fort on Hadrian’s Wall, between Aballava (Burgh by Sands) and Mais (Bowness-on-Solway) It was built on a hill commanding views over the flatter land to the east and west and to the shore of the Solway Firth to the north. Its purpose was to guard the southern end of two important Solway fords, the Stonewath and the Sandwath.

Milecastle 76 Milecastle 76 (Drumburgh) was one of a series of Milecastles or small fortlets built at intervals of approximately one Roman mile along Hadrian’s Wall (grid reference NY26685987)

Carlisle Canal The Carlisle Canal opened in 1823, to link Carlisle to the Solway Firth. It was a short-lived venture, being replaced by a railway in 1854.

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