- A
hornwork is an
element of the
Italian bastion system of fortification. Its face is
flanked with a pair of half-bastions. It is
distinguished from a crownwork...
-
extended eastward to
create a
bastion or "
hornwork",
providing a more
securely defended entrance. The
hornwork comprises a pair of
walls enclosing a triangular...
-
strong with a
large hornwork blocking the
approaches with the
higher town
walls mounting guns that
could fire over the
hornwork to
protect it. "It was...
- the rear of the
hornwork. From
there they
opened a
scattered fire on the French. The
defenders suddenly stampeded,
leaving the
hornwork in the Allies'...
-
fortified tower in
honor of King
Philip II, who
oversaw its
expansion into a
hornwork fort by 1595. Over the next 200 years,
especially in the
reign of King...
- an
extensive hornwork (unique in the
third system) and an
advanced redoubt (later demolished) to
defend against a land attack. The
hornwork had two demi-bastions...
-
which make a tenaille, or re-entry angle.
Their chief use is
before a
hornwork or crownwork.
Castillo de San
Marcos (completed 1695), Florida. Four-bastion...
- walls. The
result was star
shaped fortifications with tier upon tier of
hornworks and bastions, of
which Fort
Bourtange is an
excellent example.
There are...
- set of
defensive walls, city gates, bridges, forts, towers, bastions,
hornworks, moats, tunnels, and ravelins,
among other defensive elements. It was...
- timber, with
three large earthworks forming an
inner and
outer ward, and a
hornwork protecting the main
entrance to the south. A mill was
constructed at Great...
