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Painting, watercolour, Half Moon Battery, Carlisle
Castle, Cumberland, by Matthew Ellis Nutter, 1830s.
Carlisle Castle and gatehouse viewed from above the moat.
The Half Moon Battery lies in the foreground and beyond it
the moat is crossed by a single span bridge. In the distance
may be seen the tower of Carlisle Cathedral. Two soldiers in
eighteenth century uniform walk along the bank of the moat.
inscription on backing paper of frame (now covered) reads
'The Halfmoon Battery, Moat and Bridge, Carlisle Castle
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