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to construct , it possesses the advantage over any form of wall in that , provided the digger of the ditch keeps to his own edge of it , an attacker must needs first descend to beneath the level of the defender and then advance on him ...
to construct , it possesses the advantage over any form of wall in that , provided the digger of the ditch keeps to his own edge of it , an attacker must needs first descend to beneath the level of the defender and then advance on him ...
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A house built in one of the angles between this and the main cliff would already be protected on two sides and a curved quadrant - shaped ditch cut joining these two sides would complete the defences of the place .
A house built in one of the angles between this and the main cliff would already be protected on two sides and a curved quadrant - shaped ditch cut joining these two sides would complete the defences of the place .
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When the ditches had been dug round this and ramparts , anything up to sixty feet or so in thickness , had risen round the ... While their larger enclosures were often surrounded with ordinary ditch - andbank work , in many of these ...
When the ditches had been dug round this and ramparts , anything up to sixty feet or so in thickness , had risen round the ... While their larger enclosures were often surrounded with ordinary ditch - andbank work , in many of these ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The English Castle British heritage series The English countryside series |
| Author | Hugh Braun |
| Publisher | C. Scribner's sons, 1936 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 16 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 120 pages |
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