Restoration of Field Fortifications
Borresen T. 1941. Restoration of Field Fortifications. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
This study on field fortification and their restoration describes systems of field works, such as batteries, redoubts, and trenches. The author compares these to permanent military fortifications, discusses the importance of topography, and defines the categories of design, construction, and use that can be used to classify field fortifications. It emphasizes the importance of close cooperation between historian and archeologist in undertaking a restoration project. Includes recommendations with photographs, illustrations, measured drawings of trench cross-sections.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Borresen, Thor
- Date of Issue
- 1941-08-21
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- COLO , NER
- Keywords
- American Revolution, artillery, battery, battlefield, defense, ditch, field warfare, field works, fortification, gun platform, military, parapet, reconstruction, redoubt, topography, trench