Anstey Castle

Anstey Castle

Anstey Castle was in the village of Anstey, Hertfordshire (grid reference TL404330).

It was a 12th-century stone motte and bailey fortress, founded by Eustace, Count of Boulogne.[1] It was strengthened during the Magna Carta war of 1215–16 by an opponent of King John.[2] Only the mound motte now remains.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Anstey Castle". CastleUK.net. Archived from the original on 1 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  2. ↑ Fry, Plantagenet Somerset (1980). The David & Charles Book of Castles. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 178.


Coordinates: 51°58′40″N 0°02′34″E / 51.97773°N 0.04276°E / 51.97773; 0.04276

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