Dec 23, 2016
Fortification Friday: Stoccades as a supplemental interior arrangement
Fortification Friday: Stoccades as a supplemental interior arrangement
As we continue the walk through Mahan’s description of interior arrangements for fortifications, we turn next to the use of stockades. As a defensive structure, stockades dated back to ancient times. Stockades were quite popular on frontiers (not just the American frontier) where resources were short and adversaries were not expected to use heavy siege weapons. As such, we tend to see more…
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