Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 34
... ruins ; he destroyed even the resting - places of the birds ' . But Sargon was exceptional . He was recorded as making a particular point of wrecking the walls of cities he captured . And it was no good trying to defend a town against ...
... ruins ; he destroyed even the resting - places of the birds ' . But Sargon was exceptional . He was recorded as making a particular point of wrecking the walls of cities he captured . And it was no good trying to defend a town against ...
Page 67
... ruins . When building a broch masses of stones were systematically piled up to form a smooth - faced solid circular wall up to five metres thick , enclos- ing a central floored area five metres in diameter . As it rose , the wall became ...
... ruins . When building a broch masses of stones were systematically piled up to form a smooth - faced solid circular wall up to five metres thick , enclos- ing a central floored area five metres in diameter . As it rose , the wall became ...
Page 86
... ruins of one of the strongholds built in Jordan by the ancient Arabs to control an oasis or desert crossroads . Very often they utilised the dilapidated walls or foundations of an even earlier fort . During the First World War such ...
... ruins of one of the strongholds built in Jordan by the ancient Arabs to control an oasis or desert crossroads . Very often they utilised the dilapidated walls or foundations of an even earlier fort . During the First World War such ...
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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