During the six-month siege of Kenilworth in 1266, Henry III s engineers attempted to undermine the castle walls by digging tunnels beneath the foundations while the garrison dug counter-mines to intercept and collapse the attackers tunnels. The castle s extensive water defences made close approach for mining very difficult. Both sides employed specialist military engineers in this underground warfare beneath the great castle.
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