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Hornwork

A hornwork is an element of the Italian bastion system of fortification. Its face is flanked with a pair of half-bastions. It is distinguished from a crownwork, because crownworks contain full bastions at their centers. They are both outworks.

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Feature 'f' is a hornwork1 source ↗
Hornwork source ↗
The Weber Church of Zittau inside a hornwork2 source ↗
Drawing, showing a hornwork, of the fortress Nya Älvsborg in Gothenburg, Sweden from 1811.
Drawing, showing a hornwork, of the fortress Nya Älvsborg in Gothenburg, Sweden from 1811. source ↗

A hornwork is an element of the Italian bastion system of fortification. Its face is flanked with a pair of half-bastions. It is distinguished from a crownwork, because crownworks contain full bastions at their centers. They are both outworks.

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  1. From Cyclopaedia
  2. Europaeum Theatrum, Volume 5, plate 12. Published in 1651 in Frankfurt am Main.