Talk:Forbury Gardens

Forbury Hill, Matilda and Stephen

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In 1150, what is now Forbury Hill was constructed to help fortify the Abbey during the war between King Henry I's daughter, Matilda, and his nephew, Stephen

which was added back in 2006 by an editor who hasn't made any edits since 2007.

Trouble is, I cannot find any cites for it. All the obvious reference works (Daphne Phillips, Cecil Slade, etc) make no mention of Forbury Hill until the Civil War. I must say that I have some sympathy with the Stephen/Matilda theory; to my untutored eye the hill looks much more like a Norman motte than a Civil War earthwork. But without any cites, I fear that paragraph is going to have to come out.

Can anybody help throw any light?. -- Starbois (talk) 11:31, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

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