Anstey Castle
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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. It was strengthened during the Magna Carta war of 1215-16 by an opponent of King John. Only the mound now remains.
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- Anstey Castle
- Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3