Medieval motte and bailey castle, built circa 1067-71, slighted 1652. Limited excavations have revealed part of the castle ditch, South curtain wall, and a 12th century domestic cob building. Part of the 17th century defences were also located. Wallingford Castle Meadows covers some 16.6 hectares on the banks of the River Thames in Wallingford. The […]
Donnington Castle
The striking twin-towered 14th- century gatehouse of this castle, later the focus of a Civil War siege and battle, survives amid impressive earthworks. Donnington Castle, near Newbury, was formerly a place of importance, commanding as it did the London road to Bath and the W., and also the road between Newbury and Oxford. The date […]
Beaumys Castle
The remains of a moated manorial site, probably a fortified house. All that remains is the moat, partly water filled with an outer bank, which encloses a rectangular central area where the house would have been. This castle lay S. of Reading, near Shinfield, and belonged anciently to the family of de la Beche. In […]
Shirburn Castle
Castle constructed circa 1378 on the site of a moated grange, altered in 1720 and the early 19th century. It is constructed of red brick which is partly rendered, dressed chalk and limestone, and is of three storeys, in a quandrangular plan with rounded corner towers. It was originally of Early Perpendicular style, remodelled in […]
Oxford Castle
The Castle has an exciting visitor attraction ‘Oxford Castle Unlocked’ St George’s Tower is thought to date back to Saxon times, the Tower is a striking survival from the Castle’s heyday. Below ground is the Crypt of St George’s Chapel, with its beautiful Romanesque columns. Oxford Castle was a classic motte and bailey castle and […]