earthwork

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Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth.

The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc.

An embankment or construction made of earth.

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Fox 1955 He concurred with Asser that the earthwork ran 'from sea to sea', theorising that the Dyke ran from the River Dee estuary in the north to the River Wye in the south: approximately convert. Source: Internet

Monumental architecture, including earthwork platform mounds and sunken plazas have been identified as part of the civilization. Source: Internet

Heng Sophady (2007) has drawn comparisons between Samrong Sen and the circular earthwork sites of eastern Cambodia. Source: Internet

Probably to be identified with North Tawton in Devon where there is a Roman earthwork that may be military, or possibly a tax collection station. Source: Internet

Recently, some writers have suggested that Eutropius may have been referring to the earthwork later called Offa's Dyke. Source: Internet

Stumps and roots are removed and holes filled as required before the earthwork begins. Source: Internet

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