A circular rampart (‹See Tfd›German: Ringwall) is an embankment built in the shape of a circle that was used as part of the defences for a military fortification...
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The circular rampart of Burg (German: Ringwall von Burg) is a defensive work from the Early Middle Ages period located near the German town of Celle in...
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ringworks all made use of ditch and rampart defences, and they are the characteristic feature of circular ramparts. The ramparts could be reinforced and raised...
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Hillfort of Otzenhausen (redirect from Circular rampart of Otzenhausen)
The only visible remains are two circular earth ramparts, covered with stones. In times of war, the circular rampart was a strong fortification against...
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made of stone or earth. Earthen ringforts would have been marked by a circular rampart (a bank and ditch), often with a stakewall. Both stone and earthen...
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(Teutoburg Forest) range. The monument is located inside the remains of a circular rampart. The monument was constructed between 1838 and 1875 to commemorate...
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henges are not considered to have been defensive constructions (cf. circular rampart). The three henge types are as follows, with the figure in brackets...
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Orensberg (section Circular rampart or ringwork)
eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest. At the summit is an ancient circular rampart, now designated as a cultural monument, and the natural monument of...
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Abatis Acropolis Agger Broch Burgus Castellum Castra Castros Chengqiang Circular rampart City gate Crannog Ditch Defensive wall Dun Faussebraye Gatehouse Gord...
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much of the Gallic oppidum is visible today, except for some remains of a rampart. Most of the ruins date to the town’s Roman period.: 32–33 A large copper...
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Abatis Acropolis Agger Broch Burgus Castellum Castra Castros Chengqiang Circular rampart City gate Crannog Ditch Defensive wall Dun Faussebraye Gatehouse Gord...
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Abatis Acropolis Agger Broch Burgus Castellum Castra Castros Chengqiang Circular rampart City gate Crannog Ditch Defensive wall Dun Faussebraye Gatehouse Gord...
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Fort Frederick has the most elaborate defences as it includes earthen ramparts and a limestone curtain wall. The Shoal Tower, the only tower completely...
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building at Fyrkat Recreation of the fortress walls at Trelleborg Eketorp Circular rampart Viking-Age Ring Fortresses UNESCO Collection on Google Arts and Culture...
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Abatis Acropolis Agger Broch Burgus Castellum Castra Castros Chengqiang Circular rampart City gate Crannog Ditch Defensive wall Dun Faussebraye Gatehouse Gord...
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consists of a circular rampart surrounded by a ditch. Four main roads arranged in a cross connects the fortress center with the rampart's outer ring. The...
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southwest of Detmold is the Grotenburg [de] hill with a prehistoric circular rampart and the Hermann monument (‹See Tfd›German: Hermannsdenkmal). The monument...
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rigorously used, and it has been used to refer to any hill fort or circular rampart dating from the La Tène period. One of the effects of the inconsistency...
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nearby. What had in the past been considered a prehistoric Celtic circular rampart, the Alte Burg or Altenburg on the nearby Reuschberg, is now thought...
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Stromberg near Ripsdorf in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia is a circular rampart site, which may have been a Celtic refuge fort. The Stromberg hillfort...
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different categories - the main armament which was mounted on a semi-circular rampart, high angle armament provided by 13-inch mortars, mounted in two protected...
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Varbola Stronghold (Latin: Castrum Warbole) was one of the largest circular rampart fortress and trading center built in Estonia, Harju County (Latin:...
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the western gateway was found. They also exposed the wall of the outer rampart, near the north-west corner, and in 1939 exposed part of the south outer...
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Abatis Acropolis Agger Broch Burgus Castellum Castra Castros Chengqiang Circular rampart City gate Crannog Ditch Defensive wall Dun Faussebraye Gatehouse Gord...
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(Saccala), and Ugandi (Ugaunia). Varbola Stronghold was one of the largest circular rampart fortresses and trading centers built in Estonia, Harju County (Latin:...
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Burgstall of Schlosshügel near Weidenberg is a lost hill castle or circular rampart site of the type known as a motte from the Early Middle Ages. It lies...
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town of Bad Dürkheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate is a circular rampart or ringwork, two and a half kilometres long, which was built by the...
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Haßberge in the province of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. The circular rampart lies at a height of 405 m above sea level (NN) on a rocky spur on the...
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Sadovoye Koltso), is a circular ring road avenue around central Moscow, its course corresponding to what used to be the city ramparts surrounding Zemlyanoy...
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multinational team excavating what is believed to be a former massive rampart at the hillfort that is currently only visible through lidar. Gold Celtic...
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