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In England, it's more the case that the castle survived because the occupier didn't do anything to annoy Cromwell.
by mnw21cam 5y ago
In England, it's more the case that the castle survived because the occupier didn't do anything to annoy Cromwell.
- KineticLensman 5y agoYes. Like Corfe Castle in Dorset, which was taken by treachery, and was demolished some time later, when the fighting was done. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corfe_Castle#Post-medieval https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corfe_Castle#Post-medieval
- goodcanadian 5y agoIndeed, Cromwell tried very hard to destroy castles. The trouble was that they were very hard to destroy. Most of the ruined castles are not in that condition out of neglect; that was simply the "best" they were able to do at destroying them. Eventually, the cost of gunpowder was just too much to continue that campaign.