US cavalry Out-post 1876.

I consider myself to be "mean" but "enterprising"-so when I decided that I needed a cavalry out-post for my new Plains Indians War US cavalry,and I certainly couldn't afford to buy one,I had to go into "make do and mend" mode.
I had bought a walled field at Falkirk a couple of years ago,and thought that it was the right size for my project-it turned out to be perfect..........................

This is it-two openings,so one would be used for the gateway,but what of the other one??

Well,the hut I built a couple of weeks ago,had a chimney which fitted exactly into the opening!
What next?

A palisade made from lengths of bamboo table mat,stuck onto cardboard!(and carefully measured)
On to the next thing-duck boards or firing platforms....................

No sooner said than done!-card measured carefully,and reinforced in the corners and middle,in case any figures put on them bent the card(who's a clever boy then??)

"F" troop,defending the finished out-post(although I might "brown wash" the duck boards tonight!)

A "bird's eye view" of the finished article,any comments???