A Dunster Castle View

Dunster Castle in Somerset captured from the main A39 road on a cold March day.

The castle was built on the side of a 200 ft steep hill called the Tor overlooking Dunster village. The original castle was a timber motte and bailey building built after the Battle of Hastings in 1066 by William de Mohun.
At the time the base of the Tor would have been surrounded by sea, offering a natural defence.

In the 13th Century the castle was partially rebuilt in stone and in 1330 the castle passed into the hands of John de Mohun who was soon severely in debt, leaving his wife Joan to take over the running of the estate. She agreed upon John's death to sell the castle to Elizabeth Lutterell when she herself died However Joan outlived Elizabeth and Sir Hugh Lutterell took over the castle in 1404.

The castle was extended and renovated over the years and the family lived in the property until the late 20th Century. In 1976 Colonel Walter Lutterell gave the castle and much of its contents to the National Trust.

Dunster Castle is a Grade 1 listed building

Here is a song by Don McLean 'Castles in the Air'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI9NjQK_xm8

Details from wikipedia.

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