fort – Meditations

November 20, 2022

Review: The Fortress of Rhodes 1309-1522, Konstantin Nossov

Rating: 4 out of 5 I read this while preparing our visit of the Medieval heart of Rhodes, and while I found Mr Nossov’s…

April 16, 2022

Arvustus: Aolinnad, linnused ja kindlused, Ago Vallas

Hinnang: 3 / 5 Kui võtta eesmärgiks kirjeldada Tallinnat, Narvat ja Tartut võib sattuda kindlasti ka palju halvemate teoste otsa kui hr Vallase “Aolinnad…

October 14, 2020

Fort Ticonderoga

Ticonderoga has a name which might be difficult to remember at first, but once it’s in a mind it’s also unlikely to be forgotten….

October 13, 2020

Daugavgrīva

Swedish Livonia lasted for less than a century, and Swedish rule managed to fortify this important overseas territory less than its other provinces. Indeed,…

April 5, 2020

Review: French Fortresses in North America 1535 – 1763, René Chartrand

Rating: 4 out of 5 I enjoyed this overview: M Chartrand describes the state of Québec, Montréal, Trois-Rivières, Louisbourg, and New Orleans. The focus…

June 5, 2018

Fort de Ruyter

I ended up at Fort de Ruyter after a walk from the port of Vlissingen. It wasn’t a clear-cut road and I did not…

May 4, 2018

Branodunum, Litus Saxonicum

Branodunum is another one of the Saxon Shore forts I have managed to make my way to. I am in very two minds about…

November 28, 2017

Anderitum, Litus Saxonicum

I’ll start with an admission that I spent far less time here than one could have. Not only was the English Heritage owned and…

November 19, 2017

Caister-on-the-Sea, Litus Saxonicum

Caister-on-the-Sea is regrettably one of those places which has not survived very well — though one can scarcely say that after fifteen centuries or…

July 5, 2017

Gariannorum, Litus Saxonicum

The system known today as the Saxon shore forts was a Roman defensive system for the coast of what later became East Anglia. Not…