Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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... metres high and 800 metres in circumference , plus a tower 7.5 metres in breadth . The whole was surrounded by a ditch 8.2 metres wide and 2.7 metres deep . The existence of this ditch suggests a military purpose for such ...
... metres high and 800 metres in circumference , plus a tower 7.5 metres in breadth . The whole was surrounded by a ditch 8.2 metres wide and 2.7 metres deep . The existence of this ditch suggests a military purpose for such ...
Page 56
... metres wide ran along the eastern section , being known to some later peoples as ' the Devil's Wall ' . The limes ... high ( 3 metres x 4.5 metres ) . Above that was a crenellated parapet 1.5 metres high . West of the River Irthing ...
... metres wide ran along the eastern section , being known to some later peoples as ' the Devil's Wall ' . The limes ... high ( 3 metres x 4.5 metres ) . Above that was a crenellated parapet 1.5 metres high . West of the River Irthing ...
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... metres high and two metres thick , situated in the dry ditch surround- ing a fort . It usually ran parallel with the main rampart of the fortress , which could thus be left at its natural angle of repose instead of having to be built ...
... metres high and two metres thick , situated in the dry ditch surround- ing a fort . It usually ran parallel with the main rampart of the fortress , which could thus be left at its natural angle of repose instead of having to be built ...
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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