Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle in Leicestershire was one of the most formidable Royalist garrisons in the East Midlands, held by Colonel Henry Hastings who conducted aggressive raiding across Leicestershire and Derbyshire. The garrison harassed Parliamentary forces and supply lines persistently. The castle only surrendered in February 1646. Parliament demolished the great Hastings Tower — though incompletely, leaving the dramatic ruined shell that still stands. Sir Walter Scott fictionally set a tournament here in 'Ivanhoe'.
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