A grave defect in the design was that there was no covered communication between these casemates and the parapets.
At Chi-Kuan Fort the terreplein of the fort had been covered with entanglements defended by machine guns on the gorge parapets, and the Japanese could make no way.
At some sites, there were palisades along the rampart crests, while at others there were stone parapets and rampart walks.
Concrete repairs were also successfully completed to the internal and external parapets and to the east and west stairwells.
In several cases there is a canal in the centre lined with stone, and protected by low parapets or banks, while almost every street and square is fringed with trees.
In Victorian times replacing the stone parapets with cast iron, themselves replaced with masonry in the 1920's.
It could include creative details such as parapets, a flying dragon, or a prince and princess wedding cake topper.
Most of the houses, and especially those of the planter aristocracy, are massively built of stone, with large grated windows, flat roofs with heavy parapets and inner courts.
Remains of the bridge of the Via Aemilia over the Rhenus have also been found - consisting of parts of the parapets on each side, in brick-faced concrete which belong to a restoration, the original construction (probably by Augustus in 2 B.C.) having been in blocks of Veronese red marble - and also of a massive protecting wall slightly above it, of late date, in the construction of which a large number of Roman tombstones were used.
Some of these had been prepared with interior parapets and platforms of concrete for medium guns.
Terry, against Fort Fisher, in 1865; within sight of its parapets was fought the famous duel between the "Monitor" and the "Merrimac" (March 9, 1862).
The existing masonry arch and spandrel walls were retained for esthetic requirements and new parapets were provided in a style similar to the existing.
The houses are meanly built, partly of sun-dried and partly of burnt bricks, with flat roofs surrounded by parapets.
The width between parapets is now 65 ft., giving a roadway of 35 ft.
The width of the bridge between parapets is 60 ft., except across the centre span, where it is 49 ft.
These constitute the winter residence of the family, reception rooms, &c. The roofs of the houses are all flat, surrounded by parapets of sufficient height to protect them from the observation of the dwellers opposite, and separate them from their neighbours.
To your left you can see the stone parapets of a bridge.
Work on the bridge proceeded quickly as Jack Pocock, expert bricklayer, built up the new parapets with considerable skill.