<div dir="ltr"><div>For "my" shooting range I think a way with a single tag <br></div><div>embankment=yes</div><div>is sufficient.</div><div><br></div><div>For a large levee it is not.</div><div>Let's concentrate on the big items where size matters.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 at 14:33, Paul Allen <<a href="mailto:pla16021@gmail.com">pla16021@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 at 13:11, Tony OSM <<a href="mailto:tonyosm9@gmail.com" target="_blank">tonyosm9@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF">A earthwork raised element which has an armoured side seems to be
a revetment - I can see no use of this in OSM., but it is in many
books about castles and fortifications.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>When it comes to castles, a revetment is essentially a retaining wall that is part of the</div><div>fortification and an ordinary fortification wall is often referred to as a curtain wall. An earthen</div><div>bank (with no wall) that is part of a fortification (such as a motte and bailey) is an embankment.</div><div>Purists will object to my simplifications, I expect.<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<p>In my view earthworks in general could do with analysis to agree
terms and usage, they do occur in many places and are large
mappable features.<br></p></div></blockquote><div>Cans of worms are never large enough. :)</div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Paul</div></div></div>
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