- 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...
-
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...
- ditch. A
counterscarp battery at the
north end of the east
ditch commands the
north ditch and the gatehouse.
Presumably there is a
counterscarp battery...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
-
Postern Redan Ravelin Rampart Aircraft revetment Sandbag Sangar Scarp and
Counterscarp Sally port Sich
Shield wall Tett
turret Trench Turret Tunnel network...
- 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...
-
parapet of a fortification.
Musketeers atop it were able to view the
counterscarp, or fire on
enemies in the moat. A
typical size is a foot and a half...
- 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...
