Oct 26, 2020
#Beach walk this morning. #Revetments retreating. #Sand #cliffs showing #strata (at National Trust - East Head) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGzZlINB_ys/?igshid=1vbid43qdrjlu
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#Beach walk this morning. #Revetments retreating. #Sand #cliffs showing #strata (at National Trust - East Head) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGzZlINB_ys/?igshid=1vbid43qdrjlu
The big #moon #tides are eating the #revetments and the #Tamarisk hedging beyond. (at West Wittering Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-2JgYYhRXq/?igshid=18nu7zwcf0204
The old #beach #revetments are being allowed to #decay and are removed when they have gone too far. (at West Wittering Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxC0ncGh3G5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ykjczqiml9gv
Fortification Friday: Sandbag and Plank Revetments
Fortification Friday: Sandbag and Plank Revetments
Somewhat serendipitous, my pal XBradTC forwarded a link to a lavishly illustrated forum post. Wonderful dioramas depicting British trenches from World War I in cut-away profiles. Please browse through there, and in particular look at the annotations on the side of the elevations. Since the focus of my late Friday installments has been revetments, let us look at those. In those three selections…
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Fortification Friday: Some Landscaping for the fort- Revetments of Sod
Fortification Friday: Some Landscaping for the fort- Revetments of Sod
Over the last few weeks, we’ve moved beyond just planning an earthwork into the practical aspects of actually constructing those worksto the specifications, derived from the plan. Assuming your digging project worked out as expected, the fortification would now have bare earth frowning upon any potential attacker. While achieving the defensive needs, bare earth is hard to maintain. Readers are…
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