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Fortified settlements (20 C, 66 P) Star forts (4 C, 65 P) T. Fortified towers (3 C, 15 P) Pages in category "Fortifications by type" The following 61 pages are in ...
Gustav Line, a fortified German defensive line in Italy during the Second World War; Hadrian's Wall, built by the Romans in northern Britain; Hexamilion wall, built across the Isthmus of Corinth; Hilsea Lines, built to protect Portsmouth; Hindenburg line; Humaitá; Hindenburg Wall; Intramuros, Manila
A Greek phrourion was a fortified collection of buildings used as a military garrison, and is the equivalent of the Roman castellum or fortress. These constructions mainly served the purpose of a watch tower, to guard certain roads, passes, and borders.
Arnside Tower, a late-medieval pele tower in Cumbria Smailholm Tower near Kelso in Scotland Preston Tower, Northumberland. Peel towers (also spelt pele) [1] are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, mainly between the mid-14th century and about 1600. [2]
The Maunsell Forts were small fortified towers, primarily for anti-aircraft guns, built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War. With the advent of missile technology coastal forts became obsolete. Britain's coastal forts were therefore decommissioned in 1956 and the units manning them disbanded. [21]
Sieges were common during the Middle Ages and because of this many cities fortified their walls and castles to defend against the use of siege engines by their attackers 1. Many cities utilized catapults that would hurl stones and other missiles at enemy siege engines and soldiers.
Kostrzyn – the medieval town was entirely destroyed during World War II, only remaining some ruins of houses, the ruins of a church and the riverside fortified walls. The fortified walls include three bastions and a land gate. The remaining moat of an outer work is located north west of the ruined medieval town. Koszalin; Kowalewo Pomorskie ...
Section of the Servian Wall Section of the Roman walls of Lugo, Spain, 263–276 AD. Defensive walls are a feature of ancient Roman architecture.The Romans generally fortified cities, rather than building stand-alone fortresses, but there are some fortified camps, such as the Saxon Shore forts like Porchester Castle in England.