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The Lines of Communication were English Civil War fortifications commissioned by Parliament (see the Order for intrenching and fortifying the City of London, 7 March 1643)〔7 March 1642/3 Julian calendar (see New Style)〕 and built around London between 1642 and 1643 to protect the capital from attack by the Royalist armies of Charles I.〔(Spitalfields Public Art 2007-08 ), http://www.spitalfields.co.uk/, Retrieved 2008-11-23 See the section "1. Craft:Pegg"〕〔David Flintham (Whitechapel Mount and the London Hospital ), (THHOL ), 1999. Retrieved 2008-11-23〕 In 1642 some basic fortifications were built, in the form of street barricades and small earthworks. In 1643 a major construction effort was made, to provide a comprehensive ring of fortifications around the city. Much of the work was done by volunteer labour, organized by the trained bands and the livery companies. Up to 20,000 people are thought to be involved, and the works were completed in under two months.〔David Flintham. ''(Civil War fortifications of London )'', (Fortified Places ), 13 July 2009〕 The fortifications failed their only test when the New Model Army entered London in 1647,〔Harrington, Peter (2003). ''English Civil War Fortifications 1642-51'', Volume 9 of Fortress, 9, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1-84176-604-6. (p. 57 )〕 and they were levelled by Parliament the same year.〔David Flintham. ''(Civil War fortifications of London )'', (Fortified Places ), 18 August 2008. Citing: * ''The English Civil War - A Contemporary Account'', Caliban Books, London, (1996), Vol. 3, p. 33. *Whitelocke, in Victor T. C. Smith ''The Defences of London During the English Civil War'', Fort, Volume 25, Fortress Study Group, (1997). p. 79.〕 ==The Works== These works principally consisted of a strong earthen rampart reinforced with a series of 23 fortifications of various types surrounding the whole City, and its liberties (including Southwark), at a distance of one and a half to two miles from the city centre. From George Vertue's print it may be seen that the line begun below the Tower of London, at the Thames, and went northward towards the windmill in Whitechapel Road; then inclining to the north-west, it crossed the Hackney and Kingsland Roads, near Shoreditch, and turning to the south-west, crossed the end of St. John Street, Grey's Inn Lane, Bloomsbury, and Oxford Road (now New Oxford Street), near St. Giles Pound (junction with St Giles High Street). Then proceeding westward to Hyde Park Corner, and Constitution Hill, it inclined towards Chelsea Turnpike, Tothill Fields, and the Thames. Again commencing near Vauxhall, it ran north-eastward to St. George's Fields, then making an angle to the east, crossed the Borough Road at the end of Blackman Street (southern section of Borough High Street, proceeded to the end of Kent Street (now Tabard Street) on the Deptford Road (now Old Kent Road, then inclining to the north-east, joined the Thames nearly opposite to the point where it began.〔 footnote〕 The major fortifications were anti-clockwise from the north-east bank of the Thames:〔(See Vertues map at fortified places.com )〕 East *1) Bulwark, & half.bulwark : Gravel Lane *2) Hornwork : Whitechapel Road *3) Redoubt & 2 flanks : Brick Lane *4) Redoubt & 4 flanks : Hackney Road *5) Redoubt & 4 flanks : Kingsland Road North *6) battery & Breastwork : Mountmill *7 Battery & Breastwork : St John Street (Outliers) *8) Small Redoubt : Islington Road *9) Large Fort & 4 half Bulwarks : Upper Pond, New River North *10) Battery & Breastwork : Blackmary Hill *11) 2 Battery & Breastwork : Bedford House *12) Redoubt & 2 flanks : St Giles Road *13) Small Fort : Tiburn Road *14) Large Fort & 4 half Bulwarks : Wardour Street *15) Small Bulwark : Olivers Mount *16) Large fort & 4 Bulwarks : Hyde Park Corner West *17) Small Bulwark & Battery : Constitution Hill *18) Court of Guards : Chelsea Turnpike *19) Battery & Breastwork : Tothill Field South of the Thames *20) Quadrant Fort & 4 half Bulwarks : Vauxhall *21) Fort & 4 half Bulwarks : St George Field *22) Large Fort & 4 Bulwarks : Blackman Street *23) Redoubt & 4 flanks : Kent Street 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lines of Communication (London)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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