Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle now a country house in the village of Dunster Somerset England. The castle lies on the top of a steep hill called the Tor and has been fortified since the late Anglo-Saxon period. After the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century William de Mohun constructed a timber castle on the site as part of the pacification of Somerset.
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Somerset, Dunster, Dunster_Castle__location__1
owner
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
type
Manor house, Country house, Motte-and-bailey castle
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