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  2. Blanket fort - Wikipedia

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    A large blanket fort A blanket fort suspended on strings. A blanket fort is a construction commonly made using blankets, bed sheets, pillows, and sofa cushions. [1] It is also known as a couch fort, pillow fort, sheet fort or den. Parenting books frequently suggest building blanket forts as an activity for parents to participate in play with ...

  3. Earthworks (archaeology) - Wikipedia

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    Platform mounds are pyramid or rectangular-shaped mounds that are used to hold a building or temple on top. [6] An effigy mound is a pile of earth, often very large in scale, that is shaped into the image of a person or animal, often for symbolic or spiritual reasons [7] An enclosure is a space that is surrounded by an earthwork. [8]

  4. Tree house - Wikipedia

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    Building tree platforms or nests as a shelter from dangers on the ground is a habit of all the great apes, and may have been inherited by humans. It is true that evidence of prehistoric human-made tree houses have never been found by paleoanthropologists, but remains of wooden tree houses would not remain. However, evidence for cave ...

  5. Fortification - Wikipedia

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    A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin fortis ("strong") and facere ("to make"). [1] Castillo San Felipe del Morro, Puerto Rico.

  6. Defensive wall - Wikipedia

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    The star fort, also known as the bastion fort, trace italienne, or renaissance fortress, was a style of fortification that became popular in Europe during the 16th century. The bastion and star fort was developed in Italy, where the Florentine engineer Giuliano da Sangallo (1445–1516) compiled a comprehensive defensive plan using the ...

  7. Polygonal fort - Wikipedia

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    Rather than build new polygonal forts, the method chosen was a developed version of the German Feste system of dispersed strongpoints connected by tunnels to a central underground barracks, all concealed in the landscape. This concept known to the French as fort palmé because the elements of the fort were analogous to the fingers of a hand. [50]