Burley Castle
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Mound at Alstoe
Burley Castle, more commonly called Alstoe, was to the north of the village of Burley, two miles north-east of Oakham in the county of Rutland, grid reference SK894119. Alstoe was the name of a hundred.
There is doubtful evidence of a small motte and bailey castle of the late 11th or early 12th century. Only earthworks remain.[1]
References
- ↑ Early Castles in the Medieval Landscape of Rutland Oliver Creighton; p26-8
- Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3
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