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List of the Medieval Fortified Sites of the historic county of Berkshire

Certain
Possible
Questionable
Doubtful
Rejected
Confidence is a statement of the site as a medieval fortification or palace

 

Name Alternative Name(s) Type Remains
Abingdon Abbey Abyndon Fortified Ecclesiastical site Nothing visible
Abingdon Town Defences Urban Defence Nothing visible
Abingdon, Serpenhills Shippon; Northcourt Timber Castle
Linear Defence or Dyke
Nothing visible
Aldworth, De La Beche Fortified Manor House Nothing visible
Beaumys Castle Beaumyss; Beams; Beaumeys Fortified Manor House Earthworks
Brightwell Bretewell Siege Work
Fortified Manor House
Nothing visible
Buckland Timber Castle
Masonry Castle
Fortified Manor House
Nothing visible
Castle Surby Timber Castle Uncertain
Chaddleworth, Woolley Farm Mitchell Copse, Wooley Farm; Woolley Castle Timber Castle
Fortified Manor House
Cropmarks/slight earthworks
Chamberhouse Chambirehous Fortified Manor House Nothing visible
Cholsey Grange Cholsey Castle Siege Work Cropmarks/slight earthworks
Cumnor Manor Cumner Palace Nothing visible
Donnington Castle Donington; Donyngton; Dennington; Dunnington Masonry Castle Masonry ruins/remnants
Easthampstead Manor Palace Cropmarks/slight earthworks
Easthampstead Wooden Hill Timber Castle Nothing visible
Faringdon Castle Faringdon Clump; Cromwells Battery; Farringdon; Folly Hill; Ferenduna Timber Castle Earthworks
Finchampstead Mound Warren Lodge Timber Castle Earthworks
FitzHarris, Abingdon FitzHarrys Timber Castle Earthworks
Foliejohn Manor Palace Earthworks
Hampstead Norris Hampstead Norreys; Parkwood; Park Wood Timber Castle Earthworks
Hamstead Marshall 1 ('siege' castle) Siege Work
Timber Castle
Earthworks
Hamstead Marshall 2 Timber Castle Earthworks
Hamstead Marshall 3 (conquest castle) Newbury Timber Castle Earthworks
Hamstead Marshall Palace Palace
Fortified Manor House
Nothing visible
Harwell manor of the bishop of Winchester Bishop's Harwell; Lower Manor Palace Nothing visible
Hinton Waldrist; The Mount Timber Castle Earthworks
Lew mound Timber Castle Earthworks
Newbury Castle Timber Castle
Masonry Castle
Nothing visible
Newbury Town Defences Urban Defence Nothing visible
Oare Common, Hermitage Chieveley, Chievely Timber Castle Uncertain
Old Windsor Palace Kingsbury Palace Nothing visible
Reading Abbey Abbey House Palace Masonry ruins/remnants
Reading Castle Hill Timber Castle Nothing visible
Reading Forbury Hill Timber Castle Earthworks
Shellingford Manor Shellingford Castle; Shillingford Uncertain Nothing visible
Sonning Bishops Palace Sonnyng; Sunnyng Palace
Fortified Manor House
Cropmarks/slight earthworks
South Moreton 'siege work' Siege Work Earthworks
South Moreton Castle Timber Castle
Siege Work
Earthworks
Southcote House Southcote Manor Fortified Manor House Nothing visible
Uffington Dragon Hill Timber Castle Earthworks
Wallingford Castle Timber Castle
Masonry Castle
Masonry footings
Wallingford Church of St Peter Siege Work Uncertain
Wallingford Town Defences Urban Defence Earthworks
Wargrave Manor of the Bishops of Winchester Palace Nothing visible
West Woodhay Motte Woodhay Oseville Timber Castle Earthworks
Windsor Castle Windesores Timber Castle
Masonry Castle
Palace
Major
Windsor Manor Windesores Palace Earthworks
Wychemere manor Bear's Rails Palace Earthworks
Yattendon Manor Yatynden Fortified Manor House Cropmarks/slight earthworks

This listing was last updated on Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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