Burley Castle

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.^[1]

It was originally used as a Saxon moot (c.7th century-11th century).^[2] There is doubtful evidence of a small motte and bailey castle of the late 11th or early 12th century (between 1086 and 1153). Only earthworks remain.^[3]

References[]

^ *Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3
^ Allcroft, A.H (1908). Earthworks of England. London
^ Early Castles in the Medieval Landscape of Rutland Oliver Creighton; p26-8

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Coordinates: 52°41′51″N 0°40′43″W / 52.69741°N 0.67854°W / 52.69741; -0.67854

[1] *Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3

[2] Allcroft, A.H (1908). Earthworks of England. London

[3] Early Castles in the Medieval Landscape of Rutland Oliver Creighton; p26-8

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