Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 46
... garrison into voluntary capitulation . They there- fore built a roofed and watch - towered double wall 4.5 metres wide all the way round the city . With ditches on either side and continuously patrolled , it effectively cut off all ...
... garrison into voluntary capitulation . They there- fore built a roofed and watch - towered double wall 4.5 metres wide all the way round the city . With ditches on either side and continuously patrolled , it effectively cut off all ...
Page 97
... garrison . The battlemented north turret served as a lookout post , access - point between the east curtain wall and Marten's Tower , and as a chapel - into part of which was raised the portcullis protecting the flat - faced entrance ...
... garrison . The battlemented north turret served as a lookout post , access - point between the east curtain wall and Marten's Tower , and as a chapel - into part of which was raised the portcullis protecting the flat - faced entrance ...
Page 155
... garrison towns . These buildings provided living , office and storage accommodation , not only for the soldiers , but also those families carried ' on the strength ' of the battalion . These camps also meant that greater control could ...
... garrison towns . These buildings provided living , office and storage accommodation , not only for the soldiers , but also those families carried ' on the strength ' of the battalion . These camps also meant that greater control could ...
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