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The Tower of Hallbar in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation. [1] Tower houses began to appear in the Middle Ages, especially in mountainous or limited access areas, to command and defend strategic points with reduced forces.
Distribution of tower houses in Britain and Ireland. Tower houses (Irish: caisleán) appeared on the Islands of Ireland and Great Britain starting from the High Middle Ages. They were constructed in the wilder parts of Great Britain and Ireland, particularly in Scotland, and throughout Ireland, until at least up to the 17th century.
After years of fantasizing about a move to Italy, Tom and Aileen White paid $21,000 for an ancient tower in a medieval village in a deal sealed with a handshake. This US couple bought a 400-year ...
Arnside Tower, a late-medieval pele tower in Cumbria Smailholm Tower near Kelso in Scotland Preston Tower, Northumberland. Peel towers (also spelt pele) [1] are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, mainly between the mid-14th century and about 1600. [2]
A Medieval-inspired castle completed in 1990 is on sale for $2.3 million in Rochester, Michigan. LeBlanc Castle has 26 rooms and includes a moat and drawbridge, and hidden passageways.
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About 700,000 bricks were used to build the castle, which has been described as "the finest piece of medieval brick-work in England". [3] [4] Of Lord Cromwell's castle, the 130 ft (40 m) high [5] Great Tower and moat still remain.
The towers and castles that appear in medieval documents as castellum were very popular both as fortress as residences of nobles, mayors and gentlemen, and eventually generalized in the lower valleys of Cantabria, building on the hills and in the towns; one of the best examples of urban towers resulted in towns is the missing Torre de la Vega ...