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generic fort or fortress in that they are a residence of a monarch or noble and command a specific defensive territory. Roman forts and hill forts were the

temple complexes. Sanskritization of fort names. Community participation in the defense of forts Distinct feature of forts like double line fortification of

historical forts which may or may not be under current active use by a military. There are also many towns named after a Fort, the largest being Fort Worth

Kingdom. They were operated as army and navy forts, and named after their designer, Guy Maunsell. The forts were decommissioned during the late 1950s and

The Taku Forts or Dagukou Forts (大沽口炮台), also called the Peiho Forts are forts located by the Hai River (Peiho River) estuary in the Binhai New Area,

The Palmerston Forts are a group of forts and associated structures around the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The forts were built during the

coordinates) The Humber Forts are two large fortifications in the mouth of the Humber Estuary in northern England: Bull Sand Fort (53°33′43″N 0°4′3″E /

conquering armies, but on other occasions the forts were destroyed, the local people forcibly evicted, and the forts left derelict. For example, Solsbury Hill

the earliest forts in India have been substantiated by documentation and excavation. In the medieval times, the architecture of the forts had both Hindu

Forts that encircle Portsmouth were built in response to the 1859 Royal Commission dealing with the perceived threat of a French invasion. The forts were