Marisco Castle, Lundy — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Marisco Castle stands on a Lundy cliff because Henry III ordered its construction in 1243 to stop piracy, transforming royal rabbit money into stone walls that still lean inward against the sea. Scots destroyed it in 1321, yet it reappeared through Civil War changes and became three cottages in 1787. The castle is no longer a distant military monument; it is a inhabited roofline where medieval ambition, wartime adaptation and domestic survival share the same granite bones.

The National Heritage List for England records Marisco Castle, Lundy as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Marisco Castle on Lundy Island was built by the de Marisco family in the early 13th century, likely after their failed rebellion against King John. It is important as a rare example of a medieval family stronghold and as a key site in the history of Lundy's control and defense.

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