Reading Castle Hill

In the civil parish of Reading.
In the historic county of Berkshire (Modern Authority of Reading, 1974 county of Berkshire).

The site of Reading Castle, said to have been demolished circa 1153 appears to be lost, but may have stood on the high ground called Castle Hill. Leland wrote "the name of Castle Street yet remaineth, but I could not percieve or clealy learn where it stood.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SU709729

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; 244923

• Web site links
  • http://www.britannia.com/history/berks/rdgcast.html
    http://www.berkshirehistory.com/castles/reading_cast.html
• Books
  • Page, Wm and Ditchfield, P.H. (eds), 1923, VCH Berkshire Vol3 p343 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43226#p8
    Oman, Charles W.C., 1926, Castles (1978 edn Beetham House: New York) p27-8
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/barkseng.html#berks10]
    Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p28