French: barrant l'éperon rocheuxEnglish translation: promontory fort 
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Archaeology / Roman architecture | | French term or phrase: barrant l'éperon rocheux | 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! |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseBourth: 12:21pm Aug 24, 2007: Mark's answer below looks good, particularly since it would cover both the situation where the fortification is on the spur, with a wall and ditch separating it from the main body of the hill, or whatever, AND the situation where the fortification is on
Bourth: 12:23pm Aug 24, 2007: the main body of hill and is separated in the same way from a spur (to which attackers might have access out of range of fire from the fortifications). You have context to know, presumably. Name of site?
Sandra Petch: 12:29pm Aug 24, 2007: Sorry, should have specified - It's the Château de Brest.
Alain Pommet: 5:01pm Aug 24, 2007: This is what the "mairie de Brest's web site says: Simple mur flanqué de tours, érigé par une légion romaine suivant le principe de l’éperon barré, le castellum antique fut renforcé inlassablement, - so it seems to follow your research.
Bourth: 5:30pm Aug 24, 2007: The 3D view in Géoportail seems to show this excavation cutting across a strip of land projecting between the river and the bay.
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| | to form a promontory fort | Explanation:
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
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Bourth
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| Note from asker to answererThis 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!
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| closing off the rocky outcrop
Explanation:
is how I read it - a fortification
|  Mark Nathan
France
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| to form a promontory fort
Explanation:
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
| Bourth
France
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 56
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| Note from asker to answerer| 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! |
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