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The Bulletin
Fix this text“The Bulletin,” VoL 70—No. 3638
Fix this textWednesday, November 2, 1949
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Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office. Sydney. N.S.W.. Australia, for Transmission bv Post as a Newsoaner
Fix this textSeppelts
Fix this textNUNNEY’S NORMAN RUIN RECALLS ENGLAND’S STORMY PAST
Fix this textX picturesque village of Nunney, three miles from Frorae and lying
Fix this textu aer a south-east spur of the Mendip Hills, possesses a castle which is
Fix this textr°L e , ar i^ st fortresses m Britain. It was built in 1373 by
Fix this texto r John de la Mare out of the spoils of the French wars when he obtained
Fix this texttrom bdward 111 a licence to “fortify and crenellate his manse at Nonny
Fix this text“I c c ount y Somerset. .. The following year he was made Keeper
Fix this textt ict? 111 . Castle, and in 1377 Sheriff of Somerset.
Fix this textin id / / the castle came into the possession of Richard Prater, in whose
Fix this textamiiy tt until the days of Charles I (1625-1649). When the Civil
Fix this textWar broke out the owner, Colonel Richard Prater, held the castle for the
Fix this text*be castle made a determined resistance against the besiegers under
Fix this textFairfax, who deployed two regiments with cannon which, when brought into
Fix this textaction, made a breach in the walls. The garrison, consisting of eighty men,
Fix this textsurrendered when they recognised that further resistance was useless. When
Fix this textthe castle was taken Colonel Prater hoped to save his possessions by going
Fix this textover from the Royalist to the Parliamentarians, but in this he was disappointed,
Fix this textfor the castle, like all similar strongholds, was practically destroyed. The
Fix this textfloors and wooden partitions were removed and the roof stripped off, leaving
Fix this textthe castle very much as it appears today.
Fix this textThe castle is rectangular in plan, with circular towers at the four corners
Fix this textof the curtain wall, and is surrounded by a moat which is twenty-five feet
Fix this textwide and ten feet deep. The moat was crossed by a bridge on its north side
Fix this textwith a drawbridge in front of the entrance. The interior arrangement consisted
Fix this textof three floors and a basement, and the principal apartments on the second
Fix this textfloor were reached by a small spiral stair in the thickness of the wall.
Fix this textIn 1926 the building was taken over by the Commissioners of H.M.
Fix this textOffice of Works, who have restored the castle, which is today a fine example
Fix this textof a fortified dwelling of the fourteenth century.
Fix this textCHRISTMAS WINE FOR BRITAIN I
Fix this text£ Have you friends or relatives in the United Kingdom? Here, then, is news that must
Fix this textinterest you. Just imagine them toasting you at Christmas Dinner while you toast them
Fix this textin the same wine twelve thousand miles away! That’s possible through the “WINE-FOR-
Fix this textBKITAIN” scheme introduced by The House of Seppelt. Through their London Office, Seppelts
Fix this textwill arrange for your friends in the Homeland to be supplied with Seppelt Wines before this
Fix this textcoming Christmas. You’ll have to act at once for Christmas will soon be here. Get details
Fix this textof Seppelts “Wine-For-Britain” scheme: Write to The House of Seppelt, Box 1423 H, G.P.0.,
Fix this textAdelaide, South Australia.
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