Fort Greene in Brooklyn in Kings County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
What is a Redoubt Anyway?
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 16, 2024
A redoubt is part of a fort or defensive position, usually temporary, made from soil and usually reinforced with timber or stone.
Other Defensive Engineering Terms
Abatis - Any temporary construction; In a fort or redoubt, they were sharpened timbers protruding from the earth to make scaling the exterior slope difficult. At Fort Putnam, they are not sharpened intentionally for safety. Portable abatis are known as trous-de-loup.
Banquette - the elevated step inside the rampart used to fire from. At Fort Putnam, the fixed benched simulate the banquette.
Barrel or keg - these were filled soil or sand to serve as temporary and portable defensive walls.
Battery - a cluster of cannon or artillery that functions as a unit
Breastwork - an earth defensive structure basically like a ditch that protects troops firing from a standing position
Earthworks - types of fortifications or defensive structures made from soil including the redoubt, moat and trench
Embrasure - is an opening in the parapet wall through which cannon can fire
Glacis - the bank or berm of earth sloping away from a fort to protect it from artillery fire
Facines – are wrapped bundles of sticks or branches used in fortifications.
Gabion - a large basket-like structure made from interwoven branches filed with earth used as a temporary parapet.
Parapet - the inside wall of a fort made of wood, stone or reinforced earth.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • War, US Revolutionary.
Location. 40° 41.529′ N, 73° 58.479′ W. Marker is in Brooklyn, New York, in Kings County. It is in Fort Greene. Marker can be reached from Washington Park south of Myrtle Avenue. The marker and simulated redoubt are next to the Fort Green Park Visitor Center. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Brooklyn NY 11205, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Artillery of the American Revolution (here, next to this marker); Artillery Projectiles of the American Revolution (here, next to this marker); African American Heroes of the American Revolution (a few steps from this marker); Fort Greene Park (a few steps from this marker); Delafield Cannon (a few steps from this marker); Ginkgo (a few steps from this marker); On the Occasion of the Bicentennial of the United States of America (within shouting distance
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 16, 2024
Credits. This page was last revised on February 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 19, 2018, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 538 times since then and 82 times this year. Last updated on September 12, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 19, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 19, 2018, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.