Corfe Castle in Dorset was an important royal stronghold. During the early Anarchy, imperialist forces attempted to take or isolate it. King Stephen garrisoned royal castles throughout the southwest as the civil war spread. Corfe with its almost impregnable position was difficult to take by direct assault and was repeatedly besieged by both sides during the long civil war.
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