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England’s Roaring Meg

By Linda Tancs

Overlooking an ancient crossing point of the river Wye, England’s Goodrich Castle was a thriving medieval household. It takes its name from an English landowner, Godric, who built the first castle in the late 11th century. In 1646 the castle was the scene of one of the most hard-fought sieges of the English Civil War. The Royalist garrison there surrendered after a two-month bombardment with Parliament’s locally made cannon known as Roaring Meg. The only surviving mortar from the war, it is now on display in the castle courtyard.

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Colorful Sisters's avatar  Colorful Sisters wrote @

I see I need to come more to this blog to see more of this great posts 🙂

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Linda Tancs's avatar  Linda Tancs wrote @

Thank you so much for your kind words!

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