Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 12
... chamber for the trial and punishment of the transgressor . There must be somewhere for his bodyguard to live and train , somewhere for their armament and provisions to be prepared and stored . And finally all this material , all these ...
... chamber for the trial and punishment of the transgressor . There must be somewhere for his bodyguard to live and train , somewhere for their armament and provisions to be prepared and stored . And finally all this material , all these ...
Page 97
... chamber of the lord of the castle . Arrow - loops are also provided in the merlons on the battlements , giving additional fire - points for bowmen without reducing their protection . Note the roll on the merlon coping , to prevent the ...
... chamber of the lord of the castle . Arrow - loops are also provided in the merlons on the battlements , giving additional fire - points for bowmen without reducing their protection . Note the roll on the merlon coping , to prevent the ...
Page 103
... Chamber . The flues from the latter's fireplaces were led up through the square east tower , thus helping to heat the upper rooms in that section . The Lord's Quarters were fortified as a separate unit within the castle , the wall ...
... Chamber . The flues from the latter's fireplaces were led up through the square east tower , thus helping to heat the upper rooms in that section . The Lord's Quarters were fortified as a separate unit within the castle , the wall ...
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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