Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 45
... served in the fleet . In fact , after a period of continuous labour by all sections of the community cutting , trimming , shifting and laying blocks of stone , the height was restricted to 18 metres - which proved more than adequate ...
... served in the fleet . In fact , after a period of continuous labour by all sections of the community cutting , trimming , shifting and laying blocks of stone , the height was restricted to 18 metres - which proved more than adequate ...
Page 79
... serving as an army barracks . But even if subsidence did not occur , the very fact that the stone tower was located on ... served as the Armoury of the Colchester Volunteers during the Napoleonic Wars , and as an air raid shelter during ...
... serving as an army barracks . But even if subsidence did not occur , the very fact that the stone tower was located on ... served as the Armoury of the Colchester Volunteers during the Napoleonic Wars , and as an air raid shelter during ...
Page 93
... serving as the principal ac- commodation and administrative headquarters , and as final refuge for a beleaguered baron ... served as a base from which royal officers rode out to collect taxes , gather information about possible sedition ...
... serving as the principal ac- commodation and administrative headquarters , and as final refuge for a beleaguered baron ... served as a base from which royal officers rode out to collect taxes , gather information about possible sedition ...
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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