| Nunney
Castle is a small, French style castle surrounded by a
deep moat, built for Sir John Delamare in 1373. A veteran
of the Hundred Years War, Sir John would later become
Sheriff of Somerset.
During the Civil
Wars (1642-51) Cromwell's men used cannon to blast a
great hole in the north wall of the castle, forcing
the garrison to surrender. The badly damaged wall finally
collapsed in 1910.
Surrounded by its
moat, it is an attractive feature in a pretty village.
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