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CARLISLE (Old), a locality 2 miles S of Wigton, in Cumberland; the site of the Roman station Olenacum, on the Roman road from Carlisle to Ellenborough. Materials were taken from ancient buildings on it toward the erection of Wigton; and numbers of Roman relics have been found.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a locality" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Cumberland Ancient County |
| Place names: | CARLISLE | CARLISLE OLD | OLD CARLISLE |
| Place: | Old Carlisle |
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