BattlefieldsSiege of Wardour Castle 1644 — Royalist Recovery and Mine Explosion
English Civil War

Siege of Wardour Castle 1644 — Royalist Recovery and Mine Explosion

1644
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Parliament
Forces
Parliament garrison
VS
Victor
Royalist
Forces
Royalist besieging force under Edmund Arundell
Outcome
Mine explodes; castle structurally ruined; Parliament garrison eventually surrenders
The Battle

History & Significance

Edmund Arundell besieged the Parliamentary garrison that had occupied Wardour Castle in 1644; a mine was exploded that destroyed much of the structure but the Parliament garrison refused to surrender, eventually being starved out; the resulting ruin ended Wardour as a defensible position.

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