- A
scarp and a
counterscarp are the
inner and
outer sides, respectively, of a
ditch or moat used in fortifications.
Attackers (if they have not bridged...
- to be
reached over a
flying bridge (a
bridge over the
ditch from the
counterscarp of the
ditch to the edge of the top of the mound), as
shown in the Bayeux...
-
parapet of a fortification.
Musketeers atop it were able to view the
counterscarp, or fire on
enemies in the moat.
Typical they are
around foot and a half...
- fire down both
angles of the ditch. An
alternative to the
caponier is a
counterscarp battery, dug into the
outer face of the
corner of the ditch,
giving a...
- side by an
earthen counterscarp which sloped at an
angle of 45° and was not revetted.
Extending out from the top of the
counterscarp was the glacis, a...
- 20 m.
Wherever possible, it or its
highest wall is
constructed on the
counterscarp.
Excavations near
Gemellae showed the
depth there to be 2–3 m, with a...
-
curvettes and
faussebrayes and
scarps and
cordons and
banquettes and
counterscarps..." The star-shaped
fortification had a
formative influence on the patterning...
- and the ditch,
bounded on
either side by the smooth,
masoned scarp and
counterscarp, is reached. The term
glacis plate describes the
sloped front-most section...
- New
Orleans Minstrels' gallery, a
balcony used by
performing musicians Counterscarp gallery, a p****age
behind the back wall of the
defensive ditch of a fort...
-
scarp while the side of a
ditch closest to the
enemy is
known as the
counterscarp. In
early fortifications,
ditches were
often used in
combination with...
