| The entry postern, which ran the width of the counterscarp, opened up into the dry ditch. |
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| The ditch of the enclosure is flanked on the inside by a high bank and on the outside by a low bank, or counterscarp. |
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| Looking through the counterscarp gallery at Fort Tompkins on Staten Island. |
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| Sloping terrain surrounding a fortification to conceal the covered ways and the counterscarp. |
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| Built in the west counterscarp of the Citadel outside the walls, Building 25 was intended to command the lower ditch. |
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| The trench, which is edged by a counterscarp and a semi-detached scarp, is separated by two caponiers, a basic one and one with a gorge. |
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| It is a vaulted chamber set within the northeast angles of the counterscarp, facing the redoubt. |
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| Additional mines were used to destroy the palisades of the covered passage and the supporting walls of the counterscarp or scarp, thus facilitating entry into the fortress. |
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| Its excellent functional design camouflaged within the counterscarp and its solid masonry bomb-proof construction, was a response to its purpose of serving as a guardhouse and commanding the lower ditch with artillery fire. |
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| Outside of the walls of the Québec Citadel National Historic Site of Canada and partially camouflaged within the counterscarp on the lower ditch of the St-Louis Bastion, a plain? |
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| The Old Fort Henry, Reverse Fire Gallery West has good aesthetic qualities, and is a standard example of a mid-19th-century defensive military design composed of six interconnected casemates built into the counterscarp. |
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| Encircling the Québec Citadel, the glorious counterscarp trail will lead you to the recently redesigned Saint-Denis terrace, steps away from the Château Frontenac. |
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