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    A circular rampart (German: Ringwall) is an embankment built in the shape of a circle that was used as part of the defences for a military fortification...
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    The circular rampart of Burg (German: Ringwall von Burg) is a defensive work from the Early Middle Ages period located near the German town of Celle in...
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    ringworks all made use of ditch and rampart defences, and they are the characteristic feature of circular ramparts. The ramparts could be reinforced and raised...
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    The only visible remains are two circular earth ramparts, covered with stones. In times of war, the circular rampart was a strong fortification against...
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    made of stone or earth. Earthen ringforts would have been marked by a circular rampart (a bank and ditch), often with a stakewall. Both stone and earthen...
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    (Teutoburg Forest) range. The monument is located inside the remains of a circular rampart. The monument was constructed between 1838 and 1875 to commemorate...
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    Ancient Abatis Acropolis Agger Broch Burgus Castellum Castra Castros Circular rampart City gate Crannog Ditch Defensive wall Dun Faussebraye Gatehouse Gord...
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    henges are not considered to have been defensive constructions (cf. circular rampart). The three henge types are as follows, with the figure in brackets...
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    Ancient Abatis Acropolis Agger Broch Burgus Castellum Castra Castros Circular rampart City gate Crannog Ditch Defensive wall Dun Faussebraye Gatehouse Gord...
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    much of the Gallic oppidum is visible today, except for some remains of a rampart. Most of the ruins date to the town’s Roman period.: 32–33  A large copper...
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    eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest. At the summit is an ancient circular rampart, now designated as a cultural monument, and the natural monument of...
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    Fort Frederick has the most elaborate defences as it includes earthen ramparts and a limestone curtain wall. The Shoal Tower, the only tower completely...
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    Ancient Abatis Acropolis Agger Broch Burgus Castellum Castra Castros Circular rampart City gate Crannog Ditch Defensive wall Dun Faussebraye Gatehouse Gord...
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    Ancient Abatis Acropolis Agger Broch Burgus Castellum Castra Castros Circular rampart City gate Crannog Ditch Defensive wall Dun Faussebraye Gatehouse Gord...
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    building at Fyrkat Recreation of the fortress walls at Trelleborg Eketorp Circular rampart "Enigmatic Viking Fortress discovered in Denmark". Danish Castle Center...
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    wall Breastwork Carnot wall Capital Caponier Casemate Chemin de ronde Circular rampart Covertway Curtain wall Dugout Drawbar Drawbridge Guthrie rolling bridge...
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    southwest of Detmold is the Grotenburg [de] hill with a prehistoric circular rampart and the Hermann monument (German: Hermannsdenkmal). The monument commemorates...
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    rigorously used, and it has been used to refer to any hill fort or circular rampart dating from the La Tène period. One of the effects of the inconsistency...
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  • Stromberg near Ripsdorf in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia is a circular rampart site, which may have been a Celtic refuge fort. The Stromberg hillfort...
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    consists of a circular rampart surrounded by a ditch. Four main roads arranged in a cross connects the fortress center with the rampart's outer ring. The...
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    Haßberge in the province of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. The circular rampart lies at a height of 405 m above sea level (NN) on a rocky spur on the...
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    Ancient Abatis Acropolis Agger Broch Burgus Castellum Castra Castros Circular rampart City gate Crannog Ditch Defensive wall Dun Faussebraye Gatehouse Gord...
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    and again from 450 BC to around the turn of the eras. The Ringwall (circular rampart) was one of the largest and most elevated in eastern Hesse. It originally...
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    clear traces of a long abandoned early medieval fortification of the circular rampart type. A neck ditch and collapsed wall remains are still visible on...
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    Shem Entry at Barsberg (2) (Forsthaus Barsberg, municipality Bongard, Circular rampart) in the data bank of cultural sites in the Region of Trier, retrieved...
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    the western gateway was found. They also exposed the wall of the outer rampart, near the north-west corner, and in 1939 exposed part of the south outer...
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    Commons has media related to Ringworks. Circular rampart – Embankment built in the shape of a circle Ringfort – Circular fortified settlements found in Northern...
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    and was possibly built around 1135-40, all that remains now is a circular rampart and ditch. This castle is unrelated to the nearby 19th-century house...
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    temple. Hanuman Garhi Temple is shaped like a four-sided fort with circular ramparts at each corner, housing shrines dedicated to the primary deity Hanuman...
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    buildings were circular with conical thatched roofs. Many towns and dwellings in Gaelic Ireland were often surrounded by a circular rampart called a "ringfort"...
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