Explore: Primitive Fortification

fortified sites of English origin in the United States. The first primitive fortification was called "The Castle", placed on the site in 1634. It was rebuilt

A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare

Visigoths and later the Muslims, the latter responsible for the primitive fortification between the eighth century and the ninth, greatly expanded between

century BC, as evidenced by remains found in the 16th century. A primitive fortification, comprising a simple tower called Bastita Taurini, was erected

Harbour. The first recorded fortifications on Portsea Island appear to have been a wall constructed in 1212 around a primitive shipyard sited just to the

long-lasting Mongol-Tatar yoke slowed down the development of Russian fortification architecture for a century and a half, as internecine wars stopped and

wooden fortifications. The Roman Empire used Greek fire, which contained additives that made it hard to extinguish. Combined with a primitive flamethrower

probably a hastily built encampment of historic times rather than a primitive fortification, as there are no prehistoric traces. Rabat, Malta Pisano Eteno

Normans began their incursions, the Flanders count Baudouin II built primitive fortifications. Later, in about 1022, Count Baudouin IV built Saint Winnoc Church

thousands of years. The first stone walls were constructed by farmers and primitive people by piling loose field stones into a dry stone wall. Later, mortar