- Redan
Redan (a French word for "projection", "salient") is a term related to
fortifications . It is a work in a "V"-shapedsalient angle toward an expected attack. It can be made from earthworks or other material. [Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition [http://33.1911encyclopedia.org/R/RE/REDAN.htm Redans] ] __NOTOC__The Russians used redans on their left at theBattle of Borodino against Napoleon. Small redan whose faces make anobtuse angle with a vertex towards enemy is called "flèche ", an arrow in French. The "Bagration flèches " were three redans backwards in echelon. The Shevardino Redoubt (another redan) was erected as an early warning post a mile in front of the Bagration flèches.The "redan hole" in golf
A "redan hole" or "redan" is an aspect of
golf course architecture commonly associated with golf architectCharles B. Macdonald . The term alludes to the "redan" type of fortification. Specifically, a redan hole should have a green where the front angle is a "V" shape and which slopes downward and away from the point of the "V", and consequently from the golfer playing to the green from the tee or fairway.Most if not all redan holes are flanked by a pair of deep bunkers, deep enough to be obscured from the green, and slope either to the left or the right. The original "redan" is the 15th hole on the West Links in North Berwick, a fearsome 192-yard par 3 which requires an accurate tee shot to an elevated, sloping green invisible from the tee. Golf architects around the world have created holes based on this signature challenge of the famous Scottish course.
Place names
At the time of Crimean War, the several
public houses in Britain adopted the name. The Redan Inn (now The Quarterdeck) inNorth Berwick shared its name with the famous hole on the golf course, while there is also a Redan Inn inChilcompton ,Somerset . A street inLondon is named Redan Street.The
census-designated place ofRedan, Georgia was likely named for the redans built in the area during theAtlanta Campaign of theAmerican Civil War .References
Further reading
* [http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/forts/glossary/redan.htm "New York State Military Museum and Veteran's Research Center", Glossary: Redan] , NYS Division of Military and Navy Affairs
* [http://civilwarfortifications.com/dictionary/xgl-007.html Dictionary of Fortifications: Redan] , Civil War Field Fortifications Website
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