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An 1868 plan of Fort I of the ring fortress at Magdeburg, typical of mid-19th century polygonal forts. A polygonal fort is a type of fortification originating in France in the late 18th century and fully developed in Germany in the first half of the 19th century.
Star Fort in Komárno, Slovakia Nové Zámky – only to be seen as a hexagonally shaped city centre Komárno – mostly preserved city fortification complex contains Komárno fortress (New and Old) and fortifications of the city as Palatine's line and Vah's line and also three forts in the area of neighbouring city Komárom (Igmand, Csillag ...
A bailey or ward in a fortification is a leveled courtyard, typically enclosed by a curtain wall.In particular, a medieval type of European castle is known as a motte-and-bailey.
A bastion fort or trace italienne (a phrase derived from non-standard French, meaning 'Italian outline') is a fortification in a style developed during the early modern period in response to the ascendancy of gunpowder weapons such as cannon, which rendered earlier medieval approaches to fortification obsolete.
The earliest Mauryan period brick fortification occurs in one of the stupa mounds of Lauria Nandangarh, which is 1.6 km in perimeter and oval in plan and encloses a habitation area. [24] Mundigak ( c. 2500 BC ) in present-day south-east Afghanistan has defensive walls and square bastions of sun dried bricks.
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Wheeler's Wall Stanwick Fortifications close to the main gate in the north west The Stanwick Horse Mask (British Museum). Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications (also known as 'Stanwick Camp'), a huge Iron Age hill fort, sometimes but not always considered an oppidum, comprising over 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) of ditches and ramparts enclosing approximately 300 hectares (740 acres) of land, [1] are ...
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