Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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... towers which dot the Irish landscape were also refuges rather than strongholds . Built of mortared stone and presenting an occasional window - slit to the outside world , their entrance was several metres up the smooth face , accessible ...
... towers which dot the Irish landscape were also refuges rather than strongholds . Built of mortared stone and presenting an occasional window - slit to the outside world , their entrance was several metres up the smooth face , accessible ...
Page 104
... towers , the door itself being protected by a portcullis . At the foot of these towers can be glimpsed the gunloops , round holes for gun barrels , with vertical sighting slits above . Any hope of cover in the dead ground between the towers ...
... towers , the door itself being protected by a portcullis . At the foot of these towers can be glimpsed the gunloops , round holes for gun barrels , with vertical sighting slits above . Any hope of cover in the dead ground between the towers ...
Page 123
... towers were of medieval construction , the Genoese being particularly prolific in their building , the largest of the type being the Galata Tower in Constantinople . Other towers were long ruined , dating from Roman times . They all ...
... towers were of medieval construction , the Genoese being particularly prolific in their building , the largest of the type being the Galata Tower in Constantinople . Other towers were long ruined , dating from Roman times . They all ...
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