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architecture, Berkshire, country house, eyecatcher, Folly, Lodge, sham castle

Grimsbury Castle, Hermitage, Berkshire

Posted on July 7, 2023by Editor
Grimsbury Castle, Hermitage, Berkshire

On a hilltop near the village of Hermitage, a few miles from Newbury, are the remains of an early Iron Age hillfort which became known as Grimsbury Castle. Close by is a battlemented structure, also called Grimsbury Castle, but this one only pretends to antiquity, being a diminutive sham castle built to house a gamekeeper.

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