Defence Architecture in Early North Karnataka c15.s1.7

c15.s1.7

At the top of the bastion, (Height: 2.00 m and Diam. 6.00 m) is again a parapet wall systematically broken at regular intervals (1.50 mt high). At the centre is placed a metal gun on a pivot,which could be aimed through the openings, by moving the gun on the pivot to the extent of 30° each time; the gun thus ranges from 90° from one point to another (Illn. B4).