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The horseshoe-shaped (or D-shaped) tower is a compromise that gives the best of a round and a square tower. The semicircular side (the one facing the attacker) could resist siege engines, while the rectangular part at the back gives internal space and a large fighting platform on top. [ 1 ]
Greek siege tower first used in Rhodes. [5] Polybolos: 289 BC Greece: A siege engine with torsion mechanism, drawing its power from twisted sinew-bundles. Sambuca: 213 BC Sicily: Roman seaborne siege engine build on two ships. Siege hook: 189 BC Rome: A siege hook is a weapon used to pull stones from a wall during a siege.
Snežnik Castle protected by defensive wall in southern Slovenia. The height of walls varied widely by castle, but were often 2.5–6 m (8.2–19.7 ft) thick. They were usually topped with crenellation or parapets that offered protection to defenders.
1960s and 1970s Egyptian Defensive fortifications built by Egyptian Armed forces during the Attrition war on the Western bank of Suez Canal and Bar Lev Line of fortifications on Eastern side of Suez Canal (by Israel occupation forces).
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Yett or iron-barred door at St Cuthbert's Church in Great Salkeld, Cumbria, guarding access to the tower. There are several medieval fortified churches near the Anglo-Scottish border , where defence was an important consideration until the 17th century, when England and Scotland were united in personal union under King James VI and I .
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Battery tower of Kufstein Fortress A battery tower was a defensive tower built into the outermost defences of many castles , usually in the 16th century or later, after the advent of firearms . Its name is derived from the word battery , a group of several cannon .