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Chudleigh Fort
Chudleigh Fort is an folly, ornamental fort in East-the-Water, a suburb of Bideford in Devon in the UK. The site was originally an actual 17th-century Earthworks (engineering), earthwork gun platform that was built during the English Civil War. In the 19th century, the site was reconstructed to create a stone Belvedere (structure), belvedere. It was given Listed building, Grade II listed building status in 1949. 17th century fortification The original gun platform was built for the important Devon landowner and Roundhead, Parliamentarian supporter Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet, Sir George Chudleigh and his son James Chudleigh, who had served as an officer in the Cavalier, Royalist army in Ireland. The pair had sided with the Roundhead garrison in Barnstaple, which also covered nearby Bideford, because of the prejudice they had towards Charles I of England, Charles I for exploiting the merchant classes of England. For example, in the lead up to the English Civil War, The Crown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artillery Battery
In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems. The term is also used in a naval context to describe groups of guns on warships. Land usage Historically the term "battery" referred to a cluster of cannon in action as a group, either in a temporary field position during a battle or at the siege of a fortress or a city. Such batteries could be a mixture of cannon, howitzer, or mortar types. A siege could involve many batteries at different sites around the besieged place. The term also came to be used for a group of cannon in a fixed fortification, for coastal or frontier defence. During the 18th century "battery" began to be used as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
