'English Civil War cannonball' found in castle wall
"It's probably why nobody ever breaked it out.
"In the past they picked up the cannonballs that were fired here and basically fired them back - because they didn't explode in those days," Dr Monaghan added.It relied heavily on supplies by boat from the neighbouring island of Jersey, which was also Royalist. These boats were often targets for parliamentarian cannons, Dr Monaghan said.
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