Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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... rectangular trestle railway bridge . The huts were linked by a series of duckboards and wooden causeways , the founda- tions being either vertical piles or simple but enormous log jams like beaver lodges . Such a community would have ...
... rectangular trestle railway bridge . The huts were linked by a series of duckboards and wooden causeways , the founda- tions being either vertical piles or simple but enormous log jams like beaver lodges . Such a community would have ...
Page 48
... rectangular spaces where the tents were to be erected ) were marked off , as were the corners of the square or oblong camp . As soon as the legion arrived , the soldiers took off most of their equipment , grasped their spades and began ...
... rectangular spaces where the tents were to be erected ) were marked off , as were the corners of the square or oblong camp . As soon as the legion arrived , the soldiers took off most of their equipment , grasped their spades and began ...
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... rectangular tower 16 Ă— 7 metres in plan . Its walls were of smallish , roughly hewn masonry , but the floors were wooden . Entrance was by means of a small tower which projected in such a way that anyone approaching the door would have ...
... rectangular tower 16 Ă— 7 metres in plan . Its walls were of smallish , roughly hewn masonry , but the floors were wooden . Entrance was by means of a small tower which projected in such a way that anyone approaching the door would have ...
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