The Crown took over the castle again in 1670, and Robert Holmes, the new Captain of the Isle of Wight, had some of the guns brought back from Cowes to the castle.[1] The site was refortified and a new battery placed on the adjacent quay, but the older earthworks were demolished and the moat was filled in.[27] Holmes built a mansion for himself alongside the castle, where on three occasions he hosted the King.[28]