The Haunting Somerset at Nunney Castle
The castle itself, though built in 1373 and severely damaged by Cromwell during a English Civil War, the Castle itself is not reported to be haunted. The ghost associated with the Somerset area is far from ancient. Several travellers have seen a man of about 35 wearing a sports jacket and flannel trousers standing beside the lane leading to the castle, hitching a lift. A number of motorists who have stopped to pick him up find that he has vanished. After waiting a few seconds for him to approach them, they have got out of their car to look for the stranger but he has completely disappeared. One or two friendly drivers have been so disturbed by

The Legend of Catherine Hill Apple Day at Nunney Castle
Back in the mists of time, two men whose names have long been forgotten, rode off with a sack of apples from Nunney Castle. They were chased by soldiers from the castle, who caught them at the top of Catherine Hill. They paid dearly for their crime – the soldiers beheaded them and then rolled their heads down the hill. They betted on the winner, with ‘winner takes all’ for the head that reached the bottom first. They deemed this such good fun that they decided to do it every year – and so a tradition was born. These days it is nice to know that they use apples and not heads! Possibly Related Posts:

The Battle of Britain
  From a Clipping From The Waukesha Freeman (Waukesha, Wisconsin), 10 July 1940, page 1: TEN GERMAN PLANES SHOT DOWN IN RAID OVER BRITISH ISLES London, July 10—(U.P.)—Ten German planes were shot down during mass raids on Britain today, an air ministry communique asserted. The ministry said that reports of the destruction of additional German planes were as yet unconfirmed. The communique did not specify where the planes were shot down. It was issued after Germany had sent her strongest air force against the British Isles. The biggest battle of the d

Born of this Day
Born on this dayNovember 12, 20091840 Auguste Rodin1912 Sun Yat-sen1929 Grace Kelly1911 Prebendary Chad Varah1936 Mort Schuman1945 Errol Brown1945 Neil Young1955 Les McKeown1966 David Schwimmer Joe's Possibly Related Posts: ALL the King and Queens of Scotland

Enchanted Castles Coat of Arms
AZURE, A BEND ARGENT, THREE CASTLES TURRETED SABLE; HELM MANTLING: AZURE, ARGENT WREATH: AZURE, ARGENT MOTTO: ENCHANTED CASTLES – WHERE HISTORY AND FANTASY MEET This Coat of Arms was designed by Lady Kathleen Dictionary of terms: ARGENT – Silver. AZURE – Blue. BEND – One of the honorable ordinaries