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Fine arts > Architecture > Military architecture > Fortifications > Blockhouses

Preferred term

Blockhouses  

Definition

  • Fortified log structures with loopholes or ports in their sides which permit gunfire in all directions [AAT 94]; small defensible structures of any material that give protection from enemy fire and provide a firing base for defense

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • FORTS, BLOCKHOUSES

Notation

  • 113070

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-RW3HHBNL-T

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