A ravelin is a triangular fortification, detached outwork in front of the bastions. Originally called a demi-lune, lunette, (semidetached outwork) the ravelin is placed outside a castle opposite a fortification curtain. The edges of the ravelin are placed so that the guns there can sweep fire upon the troops that have to run along the fortification curtain. Table of Fortification, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... An outwork is a minor defense, fortification, built or established outside the principal fortification limits, detached or semidetached. ... The point of a bastion on a reconstructed French fort in Illinois. ... In architecture, a lunette (diminutive of French lune, moon) is a half-moon shaped space, either masonry or void. ... An outwork is a minor defense, fortification, built or established outside the principal fortification limits, detached or semidetached. ... A fortification curtain or a curtain is the section of a wall or rampart between two gates, bastions, towers or the like. ... A fortification curtain or a curtain is the section of a wall or rampart between two gates, bastions, towers or the like. ...
Ravelin, 28, was arrested May 4 for second-degree arson for an April 29 fire at the First United Methodist Church in downtown Burlington.
Also, Ravelin was arrested for a second count of second-degree arson and two counts of first-degree burglary in connection with break-ins at the Methodist church and the nearby First Presbyterian Church.
Ravelin is being held in the Des Moines County jail on $2.75 million bond.
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