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Fort Gilkicker is a historic Palmerston fort built at the eastern end of Stokes Bay, Gosport, Hampshire England to dominate the key anchorage of Spithead. It was erected between 1863 and 1871 as a semi- circular arc with 22 casemates , to be armed with five twelve-inch guns, seventeen ten-inch guns and five nine-inch guns.
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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.
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.
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Built by the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment, Fort Williams had a perimeter of 250 yards, and space for 13 guns. [1] The Fort is now located in the backyard of a property in the Seminary Ridge neighborhood. [2] Portions are also included in a 7.80 acres (31,600 m 2) Alexandria, Virginia city park, at 501 Fort Williams Parkway. [3]
The "fort" was a rectangle of six houses connected with lean-tos. The southern end of the fort consisted of a two-story structure with a Great Hall on the second floor and an attached guard tower. The only gate into the fortification lay below the Great Hall and was flanked by a small stable to the east and a guard house to the west.
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