Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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... rampart at Hod Hill . A modern fence follows the ancient line of the palisade and rampart walk . the loose stones and boulders were manhandled into position . When an appropriate height had been reached , the rampart was consolidated ...
... rampart at Hod Hill . A modern fence follows the ancient line of the palisade and rampart walk . the loose stones and boulders were manhandled into position . When an appropriate height had been reached , the rampart was consolidated ...
Page 24
... rampart eventually had to be rebuilt . The ditch was deepened to quarry slabs of solid rock which were used to pave the sloping rampart walkway behind the wooden palisade . This fence was only along the top of the rampart , the lower ...
... rampart eventually had to be rebuilt . The ditch was deepened to quarry slabs of solid rock which were used to pave the sloping rampart walkway behind the wooden palisade . This fence was only along the top of the rampart , the lower ...
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... rampart , and eventually meant the rampart itself . Meanwhile , the baggage train of mules and waggons had arrived , the skin tents ( tentoria ) being unloaded and pitched in their appointed places . There were eight men to a tent which ...
... rampart , and eventually meant the rampart itself . Meanwhile , the baggage train of mules and waggons had arrived , the skin tents ( tentoria ) being unloaded and pitched in their appointed places . There were eight men to a tent which ...
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