Outwork
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An outwork is a minor fortification built or established outside the principal fortification limits, detached or semidetached. Outworks such as ravelins, lunettes, flèches and caponiers to shield bast
View of the fortifications of Valletta, with the main fortification (a bastion) to the left, the ditch in the centre, and the outwork (a counterguard) to the right
Covertway
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In military architecture, a covertway or covered way is a path on top of the counterscarp of a fortification. It is protected by an embankment which is made up by the crest of the glacis. It is able t
17th century illustration showing a cross-section of the fortifications of Groenlo. From left to right: counterscarp, covertway, ditch, faussebraye and the main defensive wall.
A place-of-arms on the covertway of Valletta