South Moreton Castle

In the civil parish of South Moreton.
In the historic county of Berkshire (Modern Authority of Oxfordshire, 1974 county of Oxfordshire).

Medieval motte and ditch surviving as earthworks. The motte is a roughly circular mound 4m high, 40m in diameter at its summit and 50 across at the base. The ditch surounds it on all but the western side. This is 15m wide and 2m deep. The gap on the western side is 10m wide. South Moreton parish had four manors in the medieval period.

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 SU55748803

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 237488

• Web site links
  • http://www.britannia.com/history/berks/morecast.html
    http://www.berkshirehistory.com/castles/moreton_cast.html
    
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of The Thames Valley and The Chilterns (Malvern) p76
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p11
    Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
    Page, Wm and Ditchfield, P.H. (eds), 1923, VCH Berkshire Vol3 p498-504 [manorial history] http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43252
    Page, Wm and Ditchfield, P.H. (eds), 1906, VCH Berkshire Vol1 p266
• Journal Articles
  • Betts, W.J., 1910, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Archaeological Journal Vol15 p73