Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 79
... thick and rising at the most 7.5 metres into the sky . ( Compare this with the walls of the Great Tower of Rochester Castle , 3.7 metres thick and 34 metres high . ) The building of Colchester Castle was begun in 1074-6 , the place ...
... thick and rising at the most 7.5 metres into the sky . ( Compare this with the walls of the Great Tower of Rochester Castle , 3.7 metres thick and 34 metres high . ) The building of Colchester Castle was begun in 1074-6 , the place ...
Page 147
... 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 with a vertical face and ...
... 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 with a vertical face and ...
Page 161
... thick and erected according to a predetermined pattern . When set , these concrete walls could be 1.5 metres thick , overhead protec- tion and camouflage being further enhanced by a layer of earth . Stutzpunkte proved resistant to 8 ...
... thick and erected according to a predetermined pattern . When set , these concrete walls could be 1.5 metres thick , overhead protec- tion and camouflage being further enhanced by a layer of earth . Stutzpunkte proved resistant to 8 ...
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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