Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 97
... curtain wall and Marten's Tower , and as a chapel - into part of which was raised the portcullis protecting the flat - faced entrance from the Lower Bailey into Marten's Tower . The small square holes in the curtain wall were for the ...
... curtain wall and Marten's Tower , and as a chapel - into part of which was raised the portcullis protecting the flat - faced entrance from the Lower Bailey into Marten's Tower . The small square holes in the curtain wall were for the ...
Page 109
... curtain wall or from the corners to fire anti- personnel shot at assault parties hard up against the curtain wall or the base of neighbouring bastions . Unlike medieval towers the bastion was usually the same height as the curtain wall ...
... curtain wall or from the corners to fire anti- personnel shot at assault parties hard up against the curtain wall or the base of neighbouring bastions . Unlike medieval towers the bastion was usually the same height as the curtain wall ...
Page 136
... curtain walls - higher would have needed more solid construc- tion and foundations - one was always used as a sentry lookout and combat command centre . Here waved the flag , its very existence heartening its own nationals , reminding ...
... curtain walls - higher would have needed more solid construc- tion and foundations - one was always used as a sentry lookout and combat command centre . Here waved the flag , its very existence heartening its own nationals , reminding ...
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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