The siege of Kenilworth Castle in 1266 was complicated by its extensive water defences formed by the great mere surrounding most of the castle. Henry III's forces brought boats overland from the Avon to contest the water approaches. A naval flotilla attempted to breach the water defences. Baronial defenders responded with their own watercraft. This inland naval action was unprecedented in English siege warfare and ultimately failed to reduce the castle by water assault.
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