Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 67
... solid circular wall up to five metres thick , enclos- ing a central floored area five metres in diameter . As it rose , the wall became hollow , thus enabling it to rise to a beehive - looking height of 14 metres . There were floors and ...
... solid circular wall up to five metres thick , enclos- ing a central floored area five metres in diameter . As it rose , the wall became hollow , thus enabling it to rise to a beehive - looking height of 14 metres . There were floors and ...
Page 81
... solid projections running the full height of the wall between the turrets are pilaster buttresses to strengthen the tower . Note the holes at the alure ( walkway ) level of the walls and turrets for a timber hoarding ( also known as a ...
... solid projections running the full height of the wall between the turrets are pilaster buttresses to strengthen the tower . Note the holes at the alure ( walkway ) level of the walls and turrets for a timber hoarding ( also known as a ...
Page 147
... solid earth could be heaped up in front of the stonework and on top , to act as a burster layer ( to detonate shells before they struck the fabric of the fort ) . Of course , care had to be taken not to obscure fields of fire . Indeed ...
... solid earth could be heaped up in front of the stonework and on top , to act as a burster layer ( to detonate shells before they struck the fabric of the fort ) . Of course , care had to be taken not to obscure fields of fire . Indeed ...
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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