Laugharne Castle — where Dylan Thomas would later write — was held by a 200-man Royalist garrison under Lt-Col Russell. Colonel Rowland Laugharne (later himself a Royalist in the Second Civil War) besieged it with 2,000 men and artillery on 29 October 1644. The garrison refused to surrender, so cannon fire was used. The castle fell on 3 November after a night attack. Parts were deliberately demolished to prevent re-use. The connection between Dylan Thomas and this battered Civil War ruin gives Laugharne its unique character.
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