Fort Collection (page 29)

Roman Burials - Chesters
A view from the site of Roman burials at Chesters fort (Cilurnum) on Hadrians Wall. This was the point where the wall crossed the River North Tyne

Mile-Stone - Chesterholm
A mile stone at Chesterholm, the site of the Roman fort of Vindolanda. Recent excavations at Vindolanda have discovered a unique set of wooden Roman writing tablets from c.AD100

Bewcastle Fort
The site of Bewcastle 24km NE of Carlisle. A later castle was built in a corner of the original Roman fort, which protected a major route of attack toward Hadrians Wall

Hadrians Wall - Brunton
A section of Hadrians Wall at Brunton, opposite the fort of Chesters, which is the other side of the North Tyne River. The site has evidence of the Roman bridge abutment

Birdoswald Fort / Hs Wall
A view into the River Irthing Gorge from the fort of Birdoswald on Hadrians Wall. The fort lies directly on the wall, a third of a mile from Harrows Scar Milecastle

Birdoswald Fort
The fort of Birdoswald on Hadrians Wall, one of 16 forts on the wall system. The sites history spans 2000 years of occupation, and overlooks the River Irthing

South Gate - Housesteads
The Southern Gateway of Housesteads Fort on Hadrians Wall. The Fort contains the only visible remains of a Roman hospital in Britain and superbly preserved latrines!

West Gate at Housesteads
The Western Gate of Housesteads Fort (Borcovius). This substantially excavated fort is on a dramatic stretch of the wall perched atop limestone crags

Houseteads Mile-Castle
The interior of the mile - castle at Housesteads fort on Hadrians Wall. Housesteads contains the only visible example of a Roman hospital in Britain

Madras, Fort St. George
Fort St. George, Madras

1916 / Verdun / Fort Vaux
Major Raynal and his batallion lead the heroic French defence of Fort Vaux. It falls to the Germans in June but is retaken by the French in November 1916

Loch Eil / Fort William
Loch Eil and Fort William

India / Calcutta / F William
Calcutta: Fort William, with ships in the foreground

Edward Braddock
EDWARD BRADDOCK British Major General and commander in chief of forces in America. Led expedition against Fort Duquesne (1755)

Senegal / Goree C1875
Goree Island, off Dakar, Senegal, West Africa: view of the landing stage and fort

Botswana / Gaborone 1893
Gaborone (Fort Gaberoons): the police station

Carrying Bananas / W indie
A fruit market at Fort de France, Martinique. One man carries a tray of melons on his head, while a woman carries an enormous bunch of bananas on hers

Ww1 / 1914 / Zeppelin Ship
A German Zeppelin airship is picked out in the night sky by a searchlight from a fort on the French border. A French artillery position opens fire

Loading Dog-Sledge
Loading goods onto a dog- sledge at Fort St Michael (formerly Michaelowski) in Norton Gulf, Alaska

Austrians Take Sarajevo
The Austro-Hungarian colours are raised over a fort outside Sarajevo, as the Turks are forced to abandon the city

Native American Tepees
Tepees in a Sioux village near Fort Laramie

Funchal Madeira C19Th
FUNCHAL A view from the sea with various landmarks given: Mount Church, the Cathedral, Bangars Pillar, Fort St Jago, Loo Rock & Pontinha

Calcutta
A perspective view of Fort William in the Kingdom of Bengal: belonging to the East India company of England

Biscuits for Brits
At a Fort on the Indus, the one thing that the Britishers crave is Huntley and Palmer biscuits : they are delivered by elephants who sometimes get one as a reward

Fort Lauderdale Store
G & G General Store at Ford Lauderdale, Florida, with the enigmatic slogan We sell every thing But one thing which no doubt entices customers in to ask - what ?

Tanzania / Zanzibar C1880
General view of the city, looking across the Fort to the harbour and the sea

Roman Wagon Loaded
Roman soldiers load a packhorse and a horse-drawn wagon with sacks of food preparatory to making an expedition from their fort

Roman Fortifications
Roman soldiers building a fort, during the campaigns in Germany

Troops at Gravesend
British troops cross the Thames from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort, on flat- boats drawn on ropes : besides men, guns, horses and wagons are carried, spectators watch

Negombo, Sri Lanka, 1671
The Dutch fort at Negombo; like all Dutch establishments on the island, it is heavily fortified in readiness for attack from those residents who resent their presence

English Fort at Bombay 2
The English fort at Bombay in the 17th century - the view from the water side

English Fort at Bombay 1
The English fort at Bombay in the 17th century - the interior courtyard

Martello Tower
Spithead Fort is one of the Martello Towers built in 1804 as a defence against the anticipated French invasion of England. They are retained as coastal defences

Castle & White Cliffs
Dover Castle & environs with a key marking out various new roads, two churches, signal house & Guildford Battery which is linked to the castle by a passage through the rock

Attack on Geriah
Geriah Fort, northwest India, stronghold of Maratha pirate Tulagee Angria, is attacked and taken by a combined British/Portuguese force under admirals Pocock and Watson

Fremont Exploration 4
At Fort Laramie, in present- day Wyoming, Fremont explains to skeptical native Americans that his expedition to the West is entirely in their best interests

Fort Sumter
War commences when secessionists bombard Fort Sumter (seen here before hostilities) which commands the entrance to Charleston harbour, South Carolina

Mass Meeting NY
When the dastardly Secessionists fire on Fort Sumter, New Yorkers stage a mass meeting in Union Square to affirm their resolution to quash the rebellion

Fort Moultrie Evacuated
Fort Moultrie, in Charleston harbour, is evacuated by its Union garrison : before leaving they destroy anything that could be useful to the enemy

Romans Attack Fort 170
Roman soldiers, protected by their shields, attack a German fort while the defenders drop heavy rocks on them

Battle of Monongahela
CANADA Battle of Monongahela, near Fort Duquesne, between French and British colonial forces

Dollard V Iroquois
Adam Dollard and his men defend the fort at Long-Sault against a combined force of Iroquois and Hurons

Under Pontiac Besiege
Ottawa native Americans under Pontiac besiege Fort Detroit but later they make peace

Scenery / Coastline
Old coastal fort near Rhode Island, USA

Month / January
Le plus fort de toute l annee [the lustiest month of the year]

Caledonian Canal, C1900
CALEDONIAN CANAL - Scene at Fort Augustus

New York / General C1750
A view of Fort George and the settlement of New York from the coastline

Events / Canada
REBELLION IN THE NORTHWEST The rebel Nor -Westers at Fort William

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