Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 48
... metres wide and 2.7 metres deep . The excavat- ed soil was heaped up on the inner rim to form a rampart ( agger ) . Its outer face was covered with turves ( cespites ) and thorn bushes . Stouter branches were sharpened into stakes ...
... metres wide and 2.7 metres deep . The excavat- ed soil was heaped up on the inner rim to form a rampart ( agger ) . Its outer face was covered with turves ( cespites ) and thorn bushes . Stouter branches were sharpened into stakes ...
Page 56
... wide no - man's - land , evidently to prohibit unauthorised entry from either side of the frontier . In its final form a wall 1.2 metres wide ran along the eastern section , being known to some later peoples as ' the Devil's Wall ...
... wide no - man's - land , evidently to prohibit unauthorised entry from either side of the frontier . In its final form a wall 1.2 metres wide ran along the eastern section , being known to some later peoples as ' the Devil's Wall ...
Page 84
... metres wide and 6.5 metres deep , the water which normally flooded it concealing a variety of stakes . Then there was a wall 5.5 metres high , while 55 metres beyond that , there came another wall . This was 2 metres thick , with ...
... metres wide and 6.5 metres deep , the water which normally flooded it concealing a variety of stakes . Then there was a wall 5.5 metres high , while 55 metres beyond that , there came another wall . This was 2 metres thick , with ...
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