Category:Defensive dykes

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A Defensive dyke is a large ditch, dug as a simple fortification. It almost always includes a bank built up from the earth removed from the ditch.

See also: Dike, flood protection structures.

See also: Dike, geological intrusion.

See also: Dike, the Greek deity of Justice.

See also: Moats : defensive ditches of castles, generally fully watered.

Subcategories

This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.

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Defensive dykes by country‎ (5 C)

E

Escarpe‎ (9 F)

Media in category "Defensive dykes"

The following 19 files are in this category, out of 19 total.

Buckton Castle defensive ditch.jpg 2,848 × 2,136; 3.56 MB
Camp celtique de la Bure - Fossé.jpg 2,304 × 3,456; 4.87 MB
Citadellet - Nordtor.jpg 2,560 × 1,920; 1.86 MB
Citadellet - Südtor 1.jpg 2,560 × 1,920; 1.18 MB
Citadellet - Wassergraben.jpg 2,560 × 1,920; 1.3 MB
De merian Westphaliae 117.jpg 3,480 × 2,316; 1.83 MB
Denmark. Capital Region. Copenhagen 271.JPG 2,048 × 1,536; 1.26 MB
Ditch of Castleshaw Roman fort.jpg 456 × 640; 115 KB
Fotothek df tg 0008986 Architektur ^ Geometrie ^ Festungsbau ^ Befestigung ^ Schanze ^ Wall ^ Graben.jpg 464 × 820; 185 KB
Heruorden (Merian).jpg 3,480 × 1,185; 721 KB
Kastellet cph.jpg 3,664 × 1,108; 1.17 MB
Kastellet rampart pano, Copenhagen.jpg 13,112 × 2,429; 14.99 MB
Lei Yue Mun Fort ditch 2 HKMCD.JPG 2,048 × 1,536; 541 KB
Maisnières motte castrale (fossé) 4.jpg 2,816 × 2,112; 4.72 MB
Minden (Merian).jpg 3,487 × 1,123; 753 KB
Minden-1641-Merian.jpg 4,096 × 1,256; 1.2 MB
OLD SARUM ditch.jpg 283 × 242; 43 KB
Stirling Castle outer ditch.jpg 3,072 × 2,304; 2.23 MB
Wirtschaftshof Schloss Kottingbrunn 5.jpg 3,008 × 2,000; 4.84 MB

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