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| Name: | Forbury Hill, Forbury Gardens, Reading, Berkshire |
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| HER Number: | 02114.08.000 |
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| Record Type: | Monument |
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Summary
A roughly circular castle mound now landscaped within Forbury Gardens.
Monument Type(s):
- FORT (Post Medieval to Unknown - 1601 AD)
Description
A roughly circular castle mound now landscaped within Forbury Gardens. Probably the site of Stephens Castle (see 02113.08.000), and modified to form part of the circuit of civil war defences <1>.
Two boreholes drilled by researchers from the University of Reading in 2017 established that most, if not all, of the mound of the Hill is of post-medieval date and probably relates to a Civil War defensive structure before remodelling in the 19th century. They did not preclude that an earlier mound might have existed on the site that was incorporated into the later defensive earthwork but no undisturbed archaeological deposits pre-dating the Civil War were encountered in the borehole survey <2>.
<1> Malden H.E, 1906, Victoria County History of the County of Berkshire 1, Page 266 (Bibliographic reference). SBF5219.
<2> University of Reading, 2018, Extending Histories: from Medieval Mottes to Prehistoric Round Mounds. Forbury Hill, Reading, Berkshire. (Unpublished document). SRM15522.
Sources
| <1> | Malden H.E. 1906. Victoria County History of the County of Berkshire 1. Page 266. [Bibliographic reference / SBF5219] |
| <2> | University of Reading. 2018. Extending Histories: from Medieval Mottes to Prehistoric Round Mounds. Forbury Hill, Reading, Berkshire.. [Unpublished document / SRM15522] |
Designations
- Scheduled Monument 1007932: Reading Abbey: a Cluniac and Benedictine monastery and Civil War earthwork.
Associated Events:
| ERM2137 | Extending Histories: from Medieval Mottes to Prehistoric Round Mounds. Forbury Mound, Reading, Berkshire. |
Associated Monuments
| MRD3963 | Post-medieval Reading, Berkshire (Monument) |
Associated Finds:
FRM15289 - BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)FRM15290 - SHERD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.