A little bit of ejamakashun. Some geogramaphy & some 'istamory

 
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A drive round Cornwall in England's South Western "leg" to St Austel.
The English Civil War of 1642 to 1649, between Charles I and the Parliamentarians or Roundheads, marked the end of the castle as a dominant feature in warfare. Very few castles could stand up to heavy artillery. An exception was Corfe Castle in Dorset, which was so strong that Roundhead artillery was unable to destroy it, even after a nine-month bombardment. Cromwell, the Parliamentarians' leading general, usually slighted (partially destroyed) castles that had stood against him, so that they could not be used again.