fortifications (built environment)

Scope note: General term for any works made to oppose a small number of troops against a greater.

UF fortification

BT [single built works by function]

300006888

fortifications

NT8 300003687 fortification elements [+~]
- NT9 casemates [+~]
  - NT10 traditor casemates
- NT9 batteries (platforms) [+~]
  - NT10 indented batteries
  - NT10 flank batteries
- NT9 baileys [+~]
  - NT10 inner baileys
  - NT10 outer baileys
- NT9 keeps [+~]
  - NT10 shell keeps
- NT9 outworks [+~]
  - NT10 barbicans
  - NT10 counterscarps
  - NT10 scarps (fortification elements)
  - NT10 glacis
  - NT10 hornworks
  - NT10 moats [+~]
    - NT11 main moats
    - NT11 ravelin ditches
    - NT11 parikhā
  - NT10 palisades (outworks)
  - NT10 ravelins [+~]
    - NT11 redans
  - NT10 covered ways (fortification elements)
  - NT10 fosses [+~]
    - NT11 moats [+]
  - NT10 countermines
  - NT10 caponiers
  - NT10 flèches (fortification elements)
  - NT10 demi-lunes (outworks)
- NT9 cavaliers (fortification elements)
- NT9 fortification openings [+~]
  - NT10 sally ports
  - NT10 loopholes
- NT9 [defensive walls and defensive wall components] [+~]
  - NT10 defensive walls [+~]
    - NT11 breastworks
    - NT11 enceintes [+]
    - NT11 curtain walls (fortification elements)
    - NT11 ramparts [+]
    - NT11 murus gallicus
    - NT11 valla
    - NT11 honmaru
    - NT11 bulwarks
    - NT11 epaulements
    - NT11 faussebrayes
    - NT11 anti-tank walls
  - NT10 defensive wall components [+~]
    - NT11 banquettes (defensive wall components)
    - NT11 terrepleins
    - NT11 machicolations
    - NT11 bartizans
    - NT11 [battlements and battlement components] [+]
    - NT11 roundels (defensive wall components)
    - NT11 batardeaus
- NT9 [bastions and bastion components] [+~]
  - NT10 bastions (fortification elements) [+~]
    - NT11 karṇāṭṭalaka
  - NT10 bastion components [+~]
    - NT11 gorges (bastion components)
    - NT11 salients
    - NT11 epaulements
    - NT11 flanks (bastion components)
    - NT11 orillons
- NT9 mottes
- NT9 tenshu
- NT9 chevaux de frise
- NT9 inundation sluices
- NT9 cunettes
- NT9 ravelin ditches
NT8 300005072 city walls
NT8 300006890 bawns
NT8 300006891 castles (fortifications) [+~]
- NT9 moated castles
- NT9 qasrs
- NT9 châtelets
- NT9 motte-and-bailey castles
NT8 300006894 fortresses [+~]
- NT9 alcazars
- NT9 citadels [+~]
  - NT10 kotlas
- NT9 migdols
- NT9 ksour
- NT9 dzongs
NT8 300006909 forts [+~]
- NT9 fortlets
- NT9 hillforts
- NT9 star-forts
- NT9 bastioned forts
- NT9 promontory forts
- NT9 polygonal forts
NT8 300006913 redoubts
NT8 300006914 stockades
NT8 300006951 field fortifications [+~]
- NT9 trous-de-loup
NT8 300006954 limites
NT8 300048769 plant fortifications
NT8 300048803 coastal fortifications
NT8 300262548 barricades
NT8 300266373 antiaircraft towers
NT8 300266586 tighremts
NT8 300387212 burgs
NT8 300400729 sconces (fortifications)
NT8 300411459 lines (defensive works) [+~]
- NT9 inundation lines
NT8 300411495 pillboxes (military structures)
NT8 300448922 guard booths

Català fortificació
Castellano fortificaciones

Date of creation: 13-May-2024

Accepted term: 13-May-2024