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- A ravelin is a triangular fortification or detached outwork, located in front of the innerworks of a fortress (the curtain walls and bastions). Originally called a demi-lune, after the lunette, the ravelin is placed outside a castle and opposite a fortification curtain wall.
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A ravelin is a triangular fortification or detached outwork, located in front of the innerworks of a fortress (the curtain walls and bastions). Originally called a demi-lune, after the lunette, the ravelin is placed outside a castle and opposite a fortification curtain wall.
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The walkway along the higher and interior part of a wall which often gives access to the higher floors of towers within the wall. Typically protected by battlements.
The narrow window of a wall or tower through which arrows and crossbow bolts could be fired. Usually a vertical slit, sometimes with a short horizontal slit to improve sighting.
The courtyard of a castle containing the principal buildings, including sometimes a tower keep, which may be surrounded by its own fortified wall.
A large, fixed crossbow which fired large wooden bolts or iron-headed bolts. Used by both attackers and defenders.
A short stretch of fortification outside the castle, especially used to provide extra protection for gates.
A turret which overhangs the wall below. Common at the juncture of two walls, they provide extra defensive visibility.
The angled additional base to a wall or tower which increases the difficulty in climbing or dismantling the wall by attackers. See Talus.
The crenellated top row of stones on a wall or tower. The merlons (raised section) and crenets (gaps) alternate to provide both cover and a line of fire for defenders.
A stone support of a wall, needed when the wall carries a roof or vault, or to provide extra defensive stability against dismantling or bombardment by attackers.
The top row of stones on a wall or tower which alternate between merlons (raised sections) and crenets (gaps) to provide both cover and a line of fire for defenders.
- Mark Cartwright
Ravelins were usually lower to the ground than the castle walls behind them to not impede the view of the surrounding area from the castle walls. The top of a ravelin was usually flat and used as a gun platform for cannons defending the castle, detached from the connected ring of walls and corner fortifications or bastions that make up the main ...
Ravelin - outwork with two faces forming a salient angle; like in a star-shaped fort (basically, one of the points protruding from the fort). Rear-arch - arch on the inner side of a wall. Redan - outwork with two faces forming a salient angle.
A ravelin is a triangular fortification or detached outwork, located in front of the innerworks of a fortress (the curtain walls and bastions). Originally called a demi-lune, after the lunette, the ravelin is placed outside a castle and opposite a fortification curtain wall.
Mar 15, 2018 · Ravelin or Demilune- a triangular earthwork located in front (but not connected to) the curtain wall, within range of the curtain wall’s bastions. The back was shaped like a crescent moon and faced the curtain wall.
Flanked angle: the angle formed by two faces of a bastion or ravelin. It is also called the “salient,” or “point of the bastion,” or “point of the ravelin.”. Fort: a work established for the defense of a land or maritime frontier, of an approach to a town, or of a pass or river.
