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High Wycombe, Castle Hill House
In the civil parish of High Wycombe.
In the historic county of Buckinghamshire (Modern Authority of Buckinghamshire, 1974 county of Buckinghamshire).
Mount in the garden of Castle Hill House, on the slope of a hill overlooking the town, about 350' OD. The work in its present state consists only of the mount which appears from its unusual form (a crescent) to have been partly destroyed. It is 30' high and 128' in diam, at its base. The summit is 17' in diameter. In an ancient Heralds Book in the Bodleian Library is contained a return of all the Royal Castles in England which includes Wycombe. The castle was apparently an appurtenance of the Manor of Temple Wycombe and held by Robert de Vipont as lord of the manor in the reign of King John. Suggestions that there is an associated ringwork are probably confused with later landscaping of the area.
This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Earthworks remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SU86719323
PastScape number;
248758
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of The Thames Valley and The Chilterns (Malvern) p35
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p10 [slight]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p27
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p320
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Page, Wm (ed), 1925, VCH Buckinghamshire Vol3 p113
RCHME, 1912, An inventory of the historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Vol1 [south] p197
Page, Wm (ed), 1908, VCH Buckinghamshire Vol2 p28
Page, Wm (ed), 1905, VCH Buckinghamshire Vol1 p197
Journal Articles
- King, D.J.C. and Alcock, L., 1969, 'Ringworks in England and Wales' Château Gaillard Vol3 p90-127
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