Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 83
... round , some square . And there were a further 381 towers , all solid - based , but with defensive rooms and roofs rising some 4.5 metres above their flanking walls . The construction of this wall had commenced in AD 271 , being laid ...
... round , some square . And there were a further 381 towers , all solid - based , but with defensive rooms and roofs rising some 4.5 metres above their flanking walls . The construction of this wall had commenced in AD 271 , being laid ...
Page 103
... round hole at the base of the arrow - slit , which - if already serving both long- bow and crossbow - invariably became known as a ' cross - and - orb ' . For larger artillery the arrow- loops were opened out into full - scale ...
... round hole at the base of the arrow - slit , which - if already serving both long- bow and crossbow - invariably became known as a ' cross - and - orb ' . For larger artillery the arrow- loops were opened out into full - scale ...
Page 104
... round health hazard in both peace and war . Access to the north - facing main entrance was via an artificial octagonal island and barbican just off the right of the picture . The linking drawbridges and causeways were originally laid ...
... round health hazard in both peace and war . Access to the north - facing main entrance was via an artificial octagonal island and barbican just off the right of the picture . The linking drawbridges and causeways were originally laid ...
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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