Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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... Age . As its name implies the period from 2000 to 500 BC in Britain was ... Iron ore has to be smelted at a higher temperature than the bronze metals ... iron into currency bars or swords or whatever utensil was required . This was a ...
... Age . As its name implies the period from 2000 to 500 BC in Britain was ... Iron ore has to be smelted at a higher temperature than the bronze metals ... iron into currency bars or swords or whatever utensil was required . This was a ...
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... Iron Age artisans . - It may not simply have been fear of foreign invasion or rival brigandage . Always in the ... Iron Age , of the medieval period , or of any other era in any other society , were any less susceptible to similar mental ...
... Iron Age artisans . - It may not simply have been fear of foreign invasion or rival brigandage . Always in the ... Iron Age , of the medieval period , or of any other era in any other society , were any less susceptible to similar mental ...
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... Iron Age , or represented continuations of Iron Age ideas of fortification . In Scotland and Ireland in particular , cran- nogs , vitrified forts , brochs , round towers and pele towers were all employed in more or less mysterious ...
... Iron Age , or represented continuations of Iron Age ideas of fortification . In Scotland and Ireland in particular , cran- nogs , vitrified forts , brochs , round towers and pele towers were all employed in more or less mysterious ...
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accommodation Antonine Wall armour artillery assault attack barracks base bastions battery battle became besieged blockhouses bombardment Britain British brochs building built Cadbury Castle camp cannon captured casemates century Chepstow Castle citadel Constantinople construction covered Crusader curtain wall Deal Castle defenders ditch earth Eastbourne Redoubt embrasures emperor Empire enemy entrance equipment erected field army fieldworks fire force fortifications fortress forts French frontier garrison gates German gunpowder guns Hadrian's Wall Harlech Castle Henry VIII hillforts infantry invader iron Iron Age keep kilometres King legion Maginot Line Martello Martello Towers massive medieval ment metres metres high metres thick metres wide military architecture missiles mortar motte-and-bailey mounted Norman operations palisade parapet perhaps pillboxes protection purpose-built raids rampart refuge Rochester Castle Roman roof round royal side siege slope soldiers solid stone stronghold strongpoints structures surrender surrounded target timber tion towers troops tunnels turrets Vauban warfare warriors weapons wooden