shore fortification

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• Saxon Shore — The Saxon Shore (Latin: litus Saxonicum) was a military command of the late Roman Empire, consisting of a series of fortifications on both sides of the English channel. It was established in the late 3rd century and was led by the Count of the… …   Wikipedia

• Saxon Shore Way — Coastline= The Saxon Shore Way starts at Gravesend, Kent and traces the coast as it was in Roman times (note the changed coastline around Romney Marsh) as far as Hastings, East Sussex, 163 miles (262 km) in total.HistoryThe line of the Roman… …   Wikipedia

• Saxon Shore Forts — The Saxon Shore Forts is the collective name given to a system of forts ( castra ) built along the east and south east coast of what is now England, during the latter centuries of the Roman occupation of Britain, as part of the wider… …   Wikipedia

• Branodunum — was the name of an ancient Roman fort in the modern English village of Brancaster in Norfolk. Its Roman name derives from the local Celtic language, and means fort of Bran . History The fort, built in the 230s, became later part of the Saxon… …   Wikipedia

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• Coastal artillery — 19th century coastal artillery guns preserved in Suomenlinna fortress in Helsinki. Coastal artillery is the branch of armed forces concerned with operating anti ship artillery or fixed gun batteries in coastal fortifications.[1] It has be …   Wikipedia

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