Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
éperon barré
English translation:
promontory fort
Added to glossary by
Sandra Petch
Aug 24, 2007 12:02
16 yrs ago
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French term
barrant l'éperon rocheux
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Hello
From visitor information describing Roman ruins:
"Notez le caractère rectiligne de la muraille qui était flanquée de tourelles barrant l'éperon rocheux."
At first I thought the "éperon rocheux" was a rocky outcrop (this is on the Brittany coast), in which case I couldn't see what "barrer" was getting at. Research then turned up a definition of an "éperon barré" - "Un éperon barré est un promontoire élevé et protégé par un rempart de terre et un fossé (du Néolithique au Moyen Age)" - which has confused me more.
Many thanks if you can help me out!
From visitor information describing Roman ruins:
"Notez le caractère rectiligne de la muraille qui était flanquée de tourelles barrant l'éperon rocheux."
At first I thought the "éperon rocheux" was a rocky outcrop (this is on the Brittany coast), in which case I couldn't see what "barrer" was getting at. Research then turned up a definition of an "éperon barré" - "Un éperon barré est un promontoire élevé et protégé par un rempart de terre et un fossé (du Néolithique au Moyen Age)" - which has confused me more.
Many thanks if you can help me out!
Proposed translations
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| 4 | to form a promontory fort |
Bourth (X)
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| 3 +2 | closing off the rocky outcrop |
Mark Nathan
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to form a promontory fort
A promontory fort is a defensive structure located above a steep cliff, often only connected to the mainland by a small neck of land, thus utilizing the topography to reduce the ramparts needed. Although their dating is problematic, most seem to date to the Iron Age. They are mainly found in Ireland, the Isle of Man and Cornwall
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promontory_fort
PROMONTORY FORT
SN A defensive enclosure created by constructing ONE OR MORE LINES OF RAMPARTS ACROSS A NECK OF LAND, in order to defend, or restrict access to, a spur or promontory, either inland or on the coast.
http://thesaurus.english-heritage.org.uk/thesaurus_term.asp?...
The surviving defenses of this promontory fort consist of a set of banks-and-ditches which now form an obstacle to the thirteenth green. The interior, less than 0.5 hectares in extent, is archaeologically featureless and includes much outcropping bedrock.
http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/archaeology/sites/forts/clea...
An inland promontory fort on spur above marshy valley. Ditch rampart on ONE VULNERABLE SIDE. Small timber framed round house. A bronze brooch was found ...
www.manxarch.iofm.net/djr2.htm
Nettlecombe Tout Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle The top destination for Megaliths and ... and the SPUR IS CUT ACROSS AT THE SOUTH-EAST BY A BANK AND DITCH. ...
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=10844
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promontory_fort
PROMONTORY FORT
SN A defensive enclosure created by constructing ONE OR MORE LINES OF RAMPARTS ACROSS A NECK OF LAND, in order to defend, or restrict access to, a spur or promontory, either inland or on the coast.
http://thesaurus.english-heritage.org.uk/thesaurus_term.asp?...
The surviving defenses of this promontory fort consist of a set of banks-and-ditches which now form an obstacle to the thirteenth green. The interior, less than 0.5 hectares in extent, is archaeologically featureless and includes much outcropping bedrock.
http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/archaeology/sites/forts/clea...
An inland promontory fort on spur above marshy valley. Ditch rampart on ONE VULNERABLE SIDE. Small timber framed round house. A bronze brooch was found ...
www.manxarch.iofm.net/djr2.htm
Nettlecombe Tout Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle The top destination for Megaliths and ... and the SPUR IS CUT ACROSS AT THE SOUTH-EAST BY A BANK AND DITCH. ...
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=10844
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Comment: "This is it! Thanks a million (Mark too). The French could benefit from rewording IMHO! Géoportail is great, I could waste, sorry, spend a lot of time on it!"
+2
3 mins
closing off the rocky outcrop
is how I read it - a fortification
Peer comment(s):
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liz askew
: That's what I think, but "rocky spur"..
5 mins
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| agree |
Silvia Brandon-Pérez
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