Thesaurus Term/Concept: BERM

Identifier 141169
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A horizontal surface separating the base of a rampart or earthwork from an associated ditch or moat. Can also refer to a continuously sloping bank of earth against a wall, as in a fortified city wall.

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Instances/Examples (15)

Context Record
Monument Type MKE123162 ?Medieval floors, metalled surfaces, and ditches at St Mildred's Tannery, Canterbury (Monument)
Monument Type MKE116995 Barrow 1 with Early Bronze Age beaker burial - Plateau 6 Thanet Earth (Monument)
Monument Type MKE16496 Capel Battery (Monument)
Monument Type MWX51698 Hougham Battery (Monument)
Monument Type MKE99305 Part of the CLBR fort II berm and defensive ditch (B12) located at the Battle of Britain Homes site, Dover. (Monument)
Monument Type MKE99279 Part of the defensive ditch and berm of CLBR fort II (B11) located at the Burial Ground site, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type MKE123160 Roman features at St Mildred's Tannery, Canterbury (Monument)
Monument Type MKE7043 Roman stones & rectangular post-hole, Church Street, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type MWX51442 Second World War military buildings (Monument)
Monument Type MKE99257 Section of the CLBR fort II defensive ditch and berm (B10) at Durham Hill (Monument)
Monument Type MKE99242 Section of the CLBR fort II defensive ditch and berm (B9) located at Durham Hill, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type MKE100232 Section of the Southern defensive ditch and berm of the late Roman Saxon Shore fort, located at the Battle of Britain Homes site, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type MKE99414 Section of the western defensive ditch and berm of the late Roman Saxon Shore fort, located at the Burial Ground site, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type MKE99394 Section of the western defensive ditch and berm of the late Roman Saxon Shore fort, located at the Cause is Altered site, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type MKE99432 Section of the western defensive ditch and berm of the late Roman Saxon Shore fort, located at the Woodstore Site, Dover (Monument)