The stockade

Stockades are a very old form of defence. In America they were used by Indians and the first settlers, and continued well into the 19th century, usually at the frontier. They served as temporary miltary defences as well as defences of single farms or of whole setllements.

Masterton Stockade of 1669

1832 civilian fort with stackade and blockhouse

(Apple River Fort replica, Elizabeth, Illinois, USA)

I conceived my stockade again as a module construction. It consists of 3 straight sections, a gate section, 4 corner sections, 2 inner angle sections, and 2 stone basements and a new timbered ground floor for my blockhouse.

straight section

front view with some Indian figures

 

corner section

gate section with moveable gate wings

inner angle section (used with the settlement enclosure below to create a protruding sectin of the defence)

stone basement 1

stone basement 2

new timber ground floor for my blockhouse

With these parts it is possible to build differnt simple fortifications on the gaming table.

corner of a small fort with a defending blockhouse

blockhouse with stockade enclosure

the same blockhouse with an additional stone basement

enclosure of a small settlement

 The use of the stockade is not limited to the American Revolutionary War, of course.