Tamworth Castle
"This castle occupies the lofty mound reared in the beginning of the tenth
century, by Ethelfled, Lady of Mercia, the worthy daughter of the Great
Alfred, when, on her father's death, she sought to protect the approaches to Mercia
before, together with her brother Edward the Elder, girding at the Danes in the
Five Boroughs. With this intent, she seized the line of the Watling Street, the
great Roman road from London to the N.W., and erected at
two points commanding this highway two fortresses, known afterwards as those of Tamworth and Stafford."
Extract from "The Castles of England: Their Story and Structure" (Archive)
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