Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 86
... living quarters of simple austerity and a mosque . In due course some of these alcazabas were enlarged and rebuilt in stone to become alcazars , serving as defended palaces for regional military governors . While these developments were ...
... living quarters of simple austerity and a mosque . In due course some of these alcazabas were enlarged and rebuilt in stone to become alcazars , serving as defended palaces for regional military governors . While these developments were ...
Page 109
... living accommodation of greater or lesser comfort for officers and soldiers , but these buildings were not royal or baronial residences , in which the high - born castellan shared the rigours of siege with his own personal body- guard ...
... living accommodation of greater or lesser comfort for officers and soldiers , but these buildings were not royal or baronial residences , in which the high - born castellan shared the rigours of siege with his own personal body- guard ...
Page 127
... living in Eastbourne Redoubt were kept warm by stoves , each casemate having its own . Underfloor ducting and wall louvres provided the draught and an early form of central heating . Each casemate also had its own food store and water ...
... living in Eastbourne Redoubt were kept warm by stoves , each casemate having its own . Underfloor ducting and wall louvres provided the draught and an early form of central heating . Each casemate also had its own food store and water ...
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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