Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 13
... building on the far side of the river , and by the cars parked just in front of the modern staircase in the north ... building , while the whole area making up the enceinte ( or precinct ) of the stronghold was to be enclosed by a stone ...
... building on the far side of the river , and by the cars parked just in front of the modern staircase in the north ... building , while the whole area making up the enceinte ( or precinct ) of the stronghold was to be enclosed by a stone ...
Page 40
... building above the ground floor was done from prehistoric times until the recent invention of metal scaffolding and clips . Records of such fatal accidents as did occur suggest that these were due more to momentary carelessness ( such ...
... building above the ground floor was done from prehistoric times until the recent invention of metal scaffolding and clips . Records of such fatal accidents as did occur suggest that these were due more to momentary carelessness ( such ...
Page 73
... building of strongholds anywhere in Europe during the so- called Dark Ages . There is no reason why the 29 From such beginnings as the previously illustrated settlement grew Moscow and the mighty stronghold of the Kremlin , seen here ...
... building of strongholds anywhere in Europe during the so- called Dark Ages . There is no reason why the 29 From such beginnings as the previously illustrated settlement grew Moscow and the mighty stronghold of the Kremlin , seen here ...
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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