Comet Fort Fortification
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Used sources and references:
Archaeological research in Latvia in 2003 and 2004. Riga: Latvian Institute of History Publishing House, 2004.
Priedītis, E. Latvian Navy. 1919-1940. Riga: Citrons Printing House, 2004.
Anderson, E. The Latvian Armed Forces and Their Prehistory. Toronto: Daugavas Vanagu Central Publishing House, 1983.
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