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English Civil War

Nunney Castle Siege 1645

1645
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist garrison
Forces
Royalist garrison
VS
Victor
Parliamentary forces
Forces
Parliamentary forces under Colonel Rainsborough
Outcome
Parliamentary capture September 1645; north wall breached by cannon; garrison surrendered; castle slighted and ruin preserved.
The Battle

History & Significance

Nunney Castle in Somerset was a Royalist garrison reduced by Parliamentary artillery in September 1645 following Naseby. Heavy cannon fire in two days breached the north wall, and the garrison surrendered. The damaged wall still stands.

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Scheduled Monuments near Nunney Castle Siege 1645

Nunney Castle
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 miles
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Scheduled monument · ~1.4 miles
Fussell's Lower Works: an iron edge tool works, 210m south east of Wadbury
Scheduled monument · ~1.5 miles
Tedbury camp
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 miles
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