Counterscarp bankLow bank on the downhill or outer side of a hillfort ditch.Coupled rafters ...
Counterscarp - Outer slope of ditch.
Course - Level layer of stones or bricks.
Crannog - Celtic Scotland timber-built fortified lake village.
Counterscarp
- the exterior wall of a ditch, ie the side nearest the attackers.
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Counterscarp gallery: A gallery which located in the counterscarp of the salients, used to flank the ditch of a fortification.
Counter salient: A salient in the opposite direction.
In fortification, a banquette is a little foot path or elevated step along the inside of a rampart or parapet, by which the musketeers get up to view the counterscarp, or to fire on the enemies in the moat.
 See also: Scarp, Parapet, Battlement, Crenel, Principal
  
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