Crownwork
A crownwork is an element of the trace italienne system of fortification and is effectively an expanded hornwork (a type of outwork). It consists of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
The crownwork was used to extend the fortified area in a particular direction, often in order to defend a bridge, prevent the enemy occupying an area of high ground, or simply strengthen the overall fortifications in the expected direction of attack.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
See also
- The Kronverk, St Petersburg, Russia
Notes
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- ^ From the Cyclopaedia
References
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Griffiths, Frederick Augustus (1862). The Artillerist's Manual, and British Soldier's Compendium (9th ed.). Parker & Son.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."A Popular View of Fortification and Gunnery, No. I. 49, No. II. 316, No. III. 586". The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. 1830.
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