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Ashby de la Zouch Castle






  South St, Ashby-de-la-Zouch LE65 1BR

  +441530413343

Description

Ashby de la Zouch Castle | English Heritage

Ashby Castle forms the backdrop to the famous jousting scenes in Sir Walter Scott's classic novel of 1819, Ivanhoe. Now a ruin, the castle began as a manor house in the 12th century.