Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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... located in a range of buildings along the other sides of the Inner Ward . The windows of the Great Hall can be seen in the west curtain wall . Note the remains of the machicolation which once fringed all the walls , and turrets . towers ...
... located in a range of buildings along the other sides of the Inner Ward . The windows of the Great Hall can be seen in the west curtain wall . Note the remains of the machicolation which once fringed all the walls , and turrets . towers ...
Page 31
... located on the very highest peak flanking the Meon Valley in Hampshire , but it is certainly the most dominating site . Wherever you are in the valley bottom you cannot escape being aware of it a sentiment probably much stronger when ...
... located on the very highest peak flanking the Meon Valley in Hampshire , but it is certainly the most dominating site . Wherever you are in the valley bottom you cannot escape being aware of it a sentiment probably much stronger when ...
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... located on the apex of a narrow mound made it very cramped . More commodious accommodation was provided by the shell - keep , a simple wall encircling the top of the mound , its foundations going down into the top layers of earth in ...
... located on the apex of a narrow mound made it very cramped . More commodious accommodation was provided by the shell - keep , a simple wall encircling the top of the mound , its foundations going down into the top layers of earth in ...
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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