What was it like to live in ancient Cumberland?

Question: What was it like to live in ancient Cumberland!?

and what was the heritage of most of its inhabitants!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

The same as the rest of pre-Roman,Celtic Britain!.Many persecuted Celts travelled south to
Cymru,where they found a stronghold of people who spoke the same language!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

This has a good discussion of its capital, Carlisle:

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/CarlisleWww@QuestionHome@Com