Tag: Fortifications

Free Download Angus Konstam, "Strongholds of the Picts: The fortifications of Dark Age Scotland "
English | ISBN: 1846036860 | 2010 | 64 pages | AZW3 | 6 MB
When the Romans left Britain around AD 410 the island had not been fully subjugated. In the Celtic fringe of Caledonia – now Northern Scotland – these unconquered native peoples were presented with the opportunity to pillage what remained of Roman Britain. By way of response the Post-Roman Britons of what is now Scotland did their best to defend themselves from attack, and to preserve what they could of the economic and administrative systems left behind by the Romans. While some old Roman forts were maintained, the Post-Roman Britons in the area created new strongholds, or re-occupied some of the long-abandoned hill-forts first built by their ancestors before the coming of the Romans. Meanwhile the Caledonians – who evolved into the Picts – relied on fortifications to maintain control over their land.

Free Download Dictionary of Fortifications: An illustrated glossary of castles, forts, and other defensive works from antiquity to the present day by Jean-Denis Lepage
English | January 19, 2023 | ISBN: 1399072242 | True EPUB/PDF | 352 pages | 60.5/85.3 MB
This Dictionary of Fortifications is an attractive and convenient reference for anyone with an interest in castles, forts, walled cities and any other defensive architecture, including temporary structures, of any period.

Free Download Christopher Gravett – Castles and Fortifications from Around the World
Thalamus Publishing | 2006 | ISBN: 1902886089 | English | 200 pages | PDF | 142.13 MB
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Free Download Robert M. Jurga, "Fortress Europe: European Fortifications Of World War II"
English | 2002 | pages: 432 | ISBN: 030681174X | EPUB | 10,6 mb
The Maginot Line and the Atlantic Wall are, perhaps, the most famous World War II-era fortification lines in Europe, but in fact, most European countries built fortified defensive lines throughout the first half of the twentieth century. Forts, bunkers, and defensive lines are found throughout the continent, including Central and Eastern Europe.Fortress Europe is the first and only comprehensive treatment of all of Europe’s modern fortifications. Country by country, the authors describe in detail all of the fortifications built prior to and during World War II. The fortifications of smaller countries, like Belgium and the Netherlands, which added important segments to larger defensive lines, are covered with the same attention to detail as the more well-known fortifications. Much new information is available here on the defenses in Eastern Europe, as well. The descriptions and technical specifications of Europe’s forts are supplemented by scores of remarkable technical drawings by Polish artist Robert M. Jurga.