As a result, during the English Civil War the castle became a Royalist stronghold. Guernsey itself, however, supported the Parliamentarians. The island and the castle exchanged cannon and musket ...

The archaeological team opened three trenches at the site on the headland English Civil War musket balls, Roman pottery and items from the 2nd Century AD are among objects unearthed during a rare ...

The site is thought to have played an important role in the English Civil War, in which the Columbjohn owners, the Acland family, chose to support King Charles. Excavations turned up lead musket ...