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Aerial view of Carlisle Castle, Cumbria, 1992. A reconstruction drawing of Carlisle Castle, first built during the reign of William II of England. Henry VIII converted the castle for artillery, employing the engineer Stefan von Haschenperg. The castle was besieged by the Parliamentary forces for eight months in 1644, during the English Civil War. Played a part in the Jacobite uprising against George II of Great Britain in 1745.