A caponier is a type of defensive structure in a fortification. Fire from this point could cover the ditch beyond the curtain wall to deter any attempt...

approaches. The Caponier building in the ditch served as barrack accommodation for 24 men. With its iron window-shutters and rifle slots the Caponier also provided...

main body of the fort by a tunnel which passed under the ditch, or by a caponier, a gallery built across the floor of the ditch. Counterscarp: European...

the fort. The north caponier is a full caponier because it points in two directions. The other five caponiers are demi-caponiers because they face in...

facilities. Some of them played independent historical roles. The Kosyi Caponier ("Skew Caponier") became a prison for the political inmates in the 1900s–1920s...

long south-east facing loop-holed wall for musketry fire, together with a caponier projecting northwards to flank the fort's northern face (see plan). Although...

which serves as a parapet with embrasures. The coffer is similar to the caponier. The difference is that the former may be made beyond the counterscarp...

fort became very low indeed, surrounded outside the ditch covered by caponiers by a gently sloping open area so as to eliminate possible cover for enemy...

removed gun QF 12-pounder gun at the fort The caponier at the foot of the cliffs The stairs leading to the caponier Eastbourne Redoubt Pevensey Castle Newhaven...

necessary at the Heights, and the Drop Redoubt had its defences improved. Caponiers were added to four of the corners of the existing fort (each with a stone...