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About this place
Dunster Castle stands on a fortified hill in the Somerset village of Dunster, and has been occupied in some form since at least the Norman Conquest.
The Luttrell family held it for around six hundred years before the National Trust took it on in 1976.
Its terraced garden contains a lemon tree said to be a descendant of the first lemon grown at Dunster during the Victorian period, and it is sometimes claimed to be the oldest lemon tree in England.
National Trust members have free access.
Plan your visit
Open most of the year; check the National Trust website for current opening days and times.