covertway
Let an agent explain the covertway as a historical fortification element, relay its function and features from military architecture sources, describe places of arms and traverses, and distinguish the covertway from the glacis, counterscarp, ditch and ravelin.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What a covertway is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a covertway, and how does it differ from the glacis, counterscarp, ditch and ravelin? definition
- Is the question about historical fortification, a site or terminology? boundary
Features
Features.
Features
Features.
- What are places of arms, traverses and banquettes on a covertway? definition
- Which entry fits the specific feature? action
History History.
System
Bastion system.
System
System.
- How did covertways fit into the trace italienne and Vauban s designs? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Sieges
Sieges.
Sieges
Sieges.
- What role did the covertway play in historical sieges, as military historians describe? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Sites Sites.
Examples
Examples.
Examples
Examples.
- Which fortresses preserve covertways? provenance
- Which entry fits Fortifications of Vauban? action
Plans
Reading plans.
Plans
Plans.
- How can covertways be identified on fortress plans? provenance
- Which entry fits bastion fort? action
Context Terms.
Glossary
Glossary.
Glossary
Glossary.
- What related fortification terms are used? provenance
- Which entry fits glossary of fortification? action
Heritage
Heritage.
Heritage
Heritage.
- How are fortification earthworks conserved? provenance
- Which entry fits military heritage? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.BLT
What it is Filled
In bastion fortification, a walkway along the outer edge of the ditch, on top of the counterscarp, protected by a parapet formed by the crest of the glacis, which allowed defenders to move around the fortress and assemble for sorties; covertways often included places of arms at salient and re-entrant angles and traverses against enfilade fire. The model describes historical fortification.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the covertway as a historical fortification element, relay its function and features from military architecture sources, describe places of arms and traverses, and distinguish the covertway from the glacis, counterscarp, ditch and ravelin.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Beyond the ditch
- Sheltered by glacis
- Assembly for sorties
- Bastion system element
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Confuse the covertway with the glacis or the ditch.
- Encourage people to climb or dig into fragile historic earthworks.
- Disturb or remove material from a protected fortification site.
- Present a reconstruction of a lost covertway as surviving fabric.
Only with a human decision
- Any physical intervention on a surviving historic covertway.
May
- Explain the covertway in bastion fortification and its relation to the ditch, counterscarp and glacis.
- Identify covertways on historical plans and surviving sites, citing sources.
Moral aspects Filled
- Surviving earthworks are fragile heritage that is easily lost to erosion and development.
- Fortifications are linked to sieges and loss of life that deserve respectful description.
Who is affected
- Heritage bodies
- Visitors to historic sites
- Local communities
Owners Filled
Steward
The owner of the fortification site; heritage authorities where it is protected.
Master systems
- National heritage and monument registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q811979 - registry parent class
related
- built structure - in registry terms
- bastion fort
- glacis
- counterscarp
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.covertway
- Wikidata: Q1497485 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1497485)
Direct properties required Filled
- width: about 6-10 m - typical
- period: 16th-19th centuries note
- features: places of arms, traverses, banquette list
Recognition required Filled
- Protected walkway on the counterscarp
- Covertway or covered way with places of arms and traverses
- The glacis is the outer slope; the counterscarp is the ditch wall; the ditch is the moat; ravelins are outworks
- A path along the outer ditch edge sheltered behind a low earth slope.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the element
- relay function and features
- describe related parts
- distinguish related works
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing covertway with glacis or ditch
- Misreading plans
- Loss of earthworks
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Heritage protection of fortifications
Context of use required Filled
- Historically, a protected walkway beyond the ditch.
- covertways with salient places of arms
- covertways with re-entrant places of arms
- traversed covertways
- covertways around outworks
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1497485: covertway - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Covertway - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should place of arms be a separate entry?
- How should military architecture sources be linked?
- How should the spellings covertway and covered way be recorded?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1497485/spec.json