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title: Donnington Castle Ruins
author: Joolz
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# Donnington Castle Ruins
_Authored by Joolz_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/14999.png)
## Image Caption
The ruined gatehouse of Donnington Castle, Berkshire [England](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/england/). Built in 1386, the castle played an important role in the indecisive [Second Battle of Newbury](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1908/second-battle-of-newbury/) in October 1644 during the [English Civil Wars](https://www.worldhistory.org/English_Civil_Wars/) (1642-51).
## Cite This Work
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Joolz. (2021, December 14). Donnington Castle Ruins. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Donnington_Castle_-_April_2005.jpg) by [**Joolz**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Donnington_Castle_-_April_2005.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 14 December 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.