Castra

Design

Wall & Trench 

Surrounding the Castra is a wall and ditch.

• The Wall is quadrangular aligned on the cardinal points of the compass.
• The wall has fortified towers along the top as well as a walkways along the entire length.
• On every wall portion, there is a fortified door way access for personnel to get through.
• Fossa, (a trench) with a rampart of excavated material surrounds the entire wall.
•  The rampart and trench are made from roughhewn red brick of the region.
• In front of this a brick wall with holes for a palisade of stakes is erected, during peace times the wall has no stakes in it.
• The trench can serve also as a moat.
• Towers are at intervals along the wall with positions between for the division artillery.
  

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Gates

• Two gates allow entrance into the Castra, the “Principal Gate”, and the “Sinister Gate”
• The “Principal Gate” is the main gate and the only way to gain approved access into the Castra.
• There is a tower on each side of the wall for gate security
• The gate opens at the start of the first watch and closes at the start of the “Dog Watch”
• The “Sinister Gate” is only opened by the direct order of the Sergeant at Arms.
• At each gate there is a guardhouse on the inside of the gate
• The Sergeant at Arms office is the guardhouse at the Sinister Gate
• Around the inside periphery of the wall is a clear space, which serves to catch enemy missiles, as an access route to the wall for staging and as a storage space for cattle and livestock during peace times.
  

Founding Date

2589 AB

Type

Fort

Owner

Prescott Habernish

Ruling/Owning Rank

Sheriff

Owning Organization

Helleflam Empire (Human Empire)