After Lady Arundell surrendered Wardour in 1643, a Parliamentary garrison occupied it. Henry Arundell then besieged his own family home back. The Parliamentary garrison set a huge mine and blew up part of the castle rather than surrender on unfavourable terms. The dramatic ruin is largely the result of this internal explosion.
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