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20 answers for: Ditch dug as a fortification (5)
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FOSSEDitch dug as a fortification (5)
TRENCHDitch dug as a fortification
MOATA ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water (4)
TRACEGround plan of a fortification; an amount of rain too small to be measured; the sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix; or, a line marked by a recording instrument (5)
SCARPWhat is the inner wall or slope of a ditch in a fortification? (5)
REDANArrow-shaped embankment as part of a fortification (5)
CORFEVillage on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, housing a fortification famous for its defence by Lady Bankes against a parliamentary army during the English Civil War (5,6)
SIEGEMilitary action to surround a fortification (5)
BULWARKA wall or structure used as a fortification; rampart (7)
EARTHWORKA large artificial bank of soil, especially one used as a fortification (9)
WORKEnergy transfer measured in joules; a creation such as a book, musical composition or piece of embroidery, sewing etc; or, a structure such as a wall, built as part of a fortification (4)
GAPAn opening, such as a breach in a fortification's wall; a col; or, a space between a train and a platform (3)
BARBICANOuter defence of a fortification such as a castle, typically a double tower above a gate or drawbridge (8)
TURFDitch dug up out of the sward (4)
DIKEDitch dug initially by aformer president (4)
REDOUBTA temporary defence work built inside a fortification as a last defensive position (7)
CASTLEKEEPStrongest part of a fortification also known as a donjon (6,4)
CASTLEVillage on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, housing a fortification famous for its defence by Lady Bankes against a parliamentary army during the English Civil War (5,6)
PARAPETAnother name for a breastwork wall in a fortification (7)
BULWARKHEADLeader of a fortification? (This answer is in a trade war with Bee of the dog)