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is it to direct a attack in to lines of fire

 

Not specifically Wally although seeing this thing may encourage attackers to go somewhere else or severely slow them down making them easier targets, although in some situations may make them less easy

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Do we assume the structure is extendable to left and right of the drawing along the axis of the parapet or whatever it is?
Yes

 

 

A forest of wooden poles/spikes rammed into the earth.
Yes

 

15 feet deep.
Nope

 

Just too far for cavalry to jump. ???
Yes

 

So there is an important feature of this thing missed so far that relates to these 3ft square areas. They are not pyramids but there is some entanglement but not from barbed wire.

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Is the berm in front of them to conceal it until its too late for the horses to see it,
Yes Mick

 

 

 

collapsable tops,
Nope

 

 

 

rope or something to tangle their hoofs (hooves.....horses feet!!!!)
Yes tangling was an important feature, but not just for horses it was to slow down an infantry attack as well.

 

But not rope

 

Such defences were considered particularly useful against an uncivilised enemy who may attack at night.

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in each box half is shaded in does this mean for example there are more strands on two sides of the box than on the other two sides or am l look at it wrong

 

I can see what you mean Wally but its not as complex as that, the shading is illustrating perspective.

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are these constructed using plain wire ?
Wally yes very good. :D

 

People assume it is barbed wire but this was 5 years before the British Army started to use barbed wire.

 

It was No.14 Birmingham Wire Gauge in 90 lb rolls giving about one mile of wire

 

 

 

do they have bells /cans with stones in to warn of a surprise attack attached to the wires or is it more to do with the size 3x3
Nothing as elaborate as bells etc the feature was the 3x3 things
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So wire strung between the posts and wooden pyramids around each one, the wood not being large enough to support a man on one leg would collapse and entangle his legs, so impeding forward progress.

That sort of thing Bernard but there are no wooden pyramids. There are two types of posts, one type is pointed, neither type are really meant to collapse. There area of coverage is over these square 3x3 things.

 

The final key to this is the nature of these 3ft x 3ft things :D

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