PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Illustrations of history@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoConstruction of the Serpent's Wall, Medieval Ukrainelemmy.worldimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1135arrow-down1imageConstruction of the Serpent's Wall, Medieval Ukrainelemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Illustrations of history@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoI was assuming they filled those squares with some kind of concrete. But the article isn’t really clear.
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoJust dirt. The article calls them earthworks and compares the wall to a Romam vallum, which was an earth rampart with a wooden palisade on top
I was assuming they filled those squares with some kind of concrete. But the article isn’t really clear.
Just dirt. The article calls them earthworks and compares the wall to a Romam vallum, which was an earth rampart with a wooden palisade on top