Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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... remains of a feasting hall similar to those described in the earliest Arthurian chronicles . It does seem as though Cadbury's claim to be the ancient Camelot is the strongest to date . The place is notoriously difficult to capture on ...
... remains of a feasting hall similar to those described in the earliest Arthurian chronicles . It does seem as though Cadbury's claim to be the ancient Camelot is the strongest to date . The place is notoriously difficult to capture on ...
Page 24
... remains that all these works were laid out under the direction of master - builders who may have had to keep the whole plan in their head and do all their calculations by a mixture of inspired guesswork and mental arithmetic ; that they ...
... remains that all these works were laid out under the direction of master - builders who may have had to keep the whole plan in their head and do all their calculations by a mixture of inspired guesswork and mental arithmetic ; that they ...
Page 91
... remains of the Templars ' curia ( or court ) . Ignore the later seventeenth - century additions at each end , but note the distinctive shape in the background of an ex - army Nissen hut of the twentieth century . However , these were ...
... remains of the Templars ' curia ( or court ) . Ignore the later seventeenth - century additions at each end , but note the distinctive shape in the background of an ex - army Nissen hut of the twentieth century . However , these were ...
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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