Ditch (fortification) and Hillfort

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Difference between Ditch (fortification) and Hillfort

Ditch (fortification) vs. Hillfort

A ditch in military engineering is an obstacle, designed to slow down or break up an attacking force, while a trench is intended to provide cover to the defenders. A hillfort is a type of earthworks used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.

Similarities between Ditch (fortification) and Hillfort

Ditch (fortification) and Hillfort have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Counterscarp, Defensive wall, Earthworks (engineering), Rampart (fortification).

Counterscarp

A scarp and a counterscarp are the inner and outer sides of a ditch or moat used in fortifications.

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Defensive wall

A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors.

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Earthworks (engineering)

Earthworks are engineering works created through the processing of parts of the earth's surface involving quantities of soil or unformed rock.

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Rampart (fortification)

In fortification architecture, a rampart is a length of bank or wall forming part of the defensive boundary of a castle, hillfort, settlement or other fortified site.

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The list above answers the following questions

What Ditch (fortification) and Hillfort have in common
What are the similarities between Ditch (fortification) and Hillfort

Ditch (fortification) and Hillfort Comparison

Ditch (fortification) has 33 relations, while Hillfort has 148. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 2.21% = 4 / (33 + 148).

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