A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 184
of fort.It was built like a log cabin, but with an upperstory ])rojecting several feet l>eyonil the lowerone on everj- side, for the purpose of bringingthe exterior at the ground within range of thedefenders weapons tlwough looi>liolos in the;!10 BLOCKING floor and preventing the enemy from… … Block House neak Kuerdschekoi, Asia Minor. Described bv Petersen and v. Lusclian as very carefully builtrf«iuarc^ timbers and ,danks, sh.nvinR, at the corners, thenItXcktng construction characterist.c of Lyc.a. Thebuilding is raised on a mound ol eartu. of planking, the space between the planks…
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