Thesaurus Term/Concept: SCARP

Identifier 93228
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A steep bank or slope. In fortifications, the bank or wall immediately in front of and below the rampart.

Broader Terms/Concepts (2)

Related Terms/Concepts (2)

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Instances/Examples (12)

Context Record
Monument Type MKE111642 Ditch and counterscarp on the eastern side of Dover Castle (Monument)
Monument Type MKE104402 Ditches and Tenaille at the North Entrance of the Western Heights, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type MKE104302 Ditches, scarp, counterscarp and glaçis of the Detached Bastion of the Western Heights, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type MKE104270 Earthwork defences of the Citadel Battery, Western Heights, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type MKE104358 Extenstion to the South Lines Ditch, Counterscarp and glacis at the Western Heights, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111906 Post medieval additions to the western outer defences of Dover Castle (Monument)
Monument Type MKE104214 Rampart and Ditch of the western outworks of the Citadel, Western Heights, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type MKE103989 The Curtain and Counterscarp walls of the Drop Redoubt fort at Dover's Western Heights. (Monument)
Monument Type MKE104439 The North East Line of the Western Heights, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type MKE104064 The scarping of the hillside at the Drop Redoubt, Western Heights, Dover. (Monument)
Monument Type MKE104440 The South Lines, Western Heights, Dover (Monument)
Monument Type MKE104428 The southern entrance ditch of the Western Heights, Dover. (Monument)