Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 33
... foundations . Such an architectural palimpsest may be as many as nineteen layers deep , as archaeologists found at Jericho on the west bank of the River Jordan . There the earliest settlement was of the Neolithic period , about 7000 BC ...
... foundations . Such an architectural palimpsest may be as many as nineteen layers deep , as archaeologists found at Jericho on the west bank of the River Jordan . There the earliest settlement was of the Neolithic period , about 7000 BC ...
Page 79
... foundations of solid stone slabs set vertically ( like piles ) into the topmost layers of the motte could help to distri- bute the weight of the tower . This was done at Longtown Castle in Herefordshire in the twelfth century . Some ...
... foundations of solid stone slabs set vertically ( like piles ) into the topmost layers of the motte could help to distri- bute the weight of the tower . This was done at Longtown Castle in Herefordshire in the twelfth century . Some ...
Page 171
... foundations much greater in area than the structures they supported . This was because aerial bombs , missing the target , and exploding below the level of the normal foundations , could overturn the structures or at least dismount the ...
... foundations much greater in area than the structures they supported . This was because aerial bombs , missing the target , and exploding below the level of the normal foundations , could overturn the structures or at least dismount the ...
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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