Civil War damage, St John's Church, Devizes
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Civil War damage, St John's Church, Devizes
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 30 Apr 2011
Devizes was fairly heavily involved in the English Civil War of the 1640s. In July 1643 the town, held by Royalists, was under siege by Parliamentary forces. The church was being used as a gunpowder store in July 1643. It came under attack from the Roundheads who fired grapeshot at it. Grapeshot is about 1.5 inches in diameter ball shot contained in a cloth or leather bag and fired from a cannon. When it hit the east-facing church wall it made the holes seen here and up close here Image Information from the invaluable Devizes Heritage website http://www.devizesheritage.org.uk/battle_of_roundway.html
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Image Location
Latitude
51.350238
Longitude
-1.994351