ROCKCLIFF (CASTLE), a township in the parish
of ROCKCLIFF, ward and county of CUMBERLAND, 5
miles (N. W.) from Carlisle, containing 360 inhabitants.
The river Eden is here crossed by an iron bridge of
three arches, on the road to Gretna-Green, three
miles distant. Some remains of a small castle, built
by the Lords Dacre, are still visible; it was garrisoned
by Leonard Dacre, when in rebellion against
Queen Elizabeth, in 1570, and was taken possession of
by Lord Hunsdon, for the queen, in February of the
same year.