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Imagine a walled defence with a water filled moat surrounding it, inside is a Royalist Brigade, now imagine the English Civil War.

Oliver Cromwell troops successfully invaded this Royalist stronghold once, but were compelled back again to invade it a second time ! That's when Cromwell ordered the castles destruction.

Those stone walls are mighty thick I would have liked to seen the demolition take place. (o: You can find more information here.