The besieged Parliamentary garrison inside Wardour Castle, rather than surrender on unfavourable terms, set a mine and exploded part of the structure. The dramatic ruin at Wardour is substantially the result of this 1645 internal explosion rather than direct enemy action.
Parliamentary garrison: c.50
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