Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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... hillforts into bivallate and multivallate hillforts . However , it should not be assumed that all univallate hillforts predate all multivallate hillforts . That is not the case , as has been indicated by Carbon - 14 dated samples from a ...
... hillforts into bivallate and multivallate hillforts . However , it should not be assumed that all univallate hillforts predate all multivallate hillforts . That is not the case , as has been indicated by Carbon - 14 dated samples from a ...
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... hillfort , gatehouses were constructed at the entrance , as indicated by excavation at Cadbury Castle . Such guardians also guaranteed that only the proper people left the hillfort . Excavations of hillforts have revealed a large number ...
... hillfort , gatehouses were constructed at the entrance , as indicated by excavation at Cadbury Castle . Such guardians also guaranteed that only the proper people left the hillfort . Excavations of hillforts have revealed a large number ...
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... hillforts were refuges to which the populace could flee in time of trouble . Anyway , whatever was happening over on the Continent , the life of the hillforts of Britain went on as it had done for centuries . There were squabbles ...
... hillforts were refuges to which the populace could flee in time of trouble . Anyway , whatever was happening over on the Continent , the life of the hillforts of Britain went on as it had done for centuries . There were squabbles ...
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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