Consisting of a rectangular tower and hexagonal Bastion that projects south into the river, the entire structure is highly decorated with masonry coats of arms, plant motifs, rope and knots, and other ornate carvings.
The fortification also features bartizan turrets, small enclosed turrets that project from the walls and tower. These turrets are not only decorative but also useful, as they allow soldiers inside to provide covering fire and shoot at enemies who might be attacking the walls.
The turrets also feature pointed roofs. A stately home in the highlands of Scotland, Dunrobin castle was originally built at the very start of the 15th century as a military fortification. The castle was stormed by Jacobite forces during their uprising, as the Earl of Sutherland who owned Dunrobin was a supporter of the British government.
Dunrobin is the largest stately home in the northern highlands with rooms. Originally built by the Spanish in the 18 th century, Morro castle was constructed on a large rocky promontory opposite the harbor of Old Havana, dominating the harbor entrance. Although it is really an artillery fort in its design and layout, with extremely thick stone walls angled to deflect cannon fire, Morro castle also has several very small turrets at the corners of its stone walls.
The turrets are roofed and have small windows that would allow defenders to view the surrounding harbor even if they were under fire. They also overhang the walls considerably, meaning that a soldier positioned inside one of the turrets would be able to fire upon besiegers gathering at the bases of the adjacent walls.
Besieged by the British in as part of the Seven Years War, the fortress fell after one of the Bastions was successfully undermined. Set in the grounds of a 50,acre estate, the castle is really a large estate house built in the Scottish Baronial Style — Victoria and Albert commissioned the construction of a new building after they acquired the estate, which was completed in Balmoral Castle is a grand structure built from granite quarried on the estate and consists of two main blocks, each with a courtyard.
Balmoral also has a meter-tall clock tower with four large turrets at each of its corners. The main structure also features a series of turrets that project away from the walls — mostly they are situated at the corners of the building. A castle could have both towers and turrets. In time, turrets became more ornamental than defensive. Medieval Britain. Search for:. Parts of a Medieval Castle: The Turret. Because they projected out of the exterior surface of an existing tower or curtain wall, turrets were usually fairly small in size, as large turrets would add a great deal of stress and pressure to the wall itself.
Because they did not reach the ground, their weight had to be entirely borne by the structure that they were built onto, which limited their size. Consequently, in order to support their weight, corbels were used in the construction of turrets — a corbel is a solid piece of masonry although they could also be built of wood in some cases which juts out from an exterior wall in order to support a structure above it in this case the turret.
Generally, the turret itself would be constructed of stone, usually of the same material as the wall or tower which supported it so that the turret would blend in with the structure. At the top, the turret could be crenelated or else built with a roof often pointed that protected the structure from the elements. Turrets that were taller than the building they were built onto would contain a staircase so that the garrison troops could reach the top, although many turrets were built at the same height as the main structure.
In these cases, the turret functioned much like an extension to the interior of the castle tower or wall. A castle turret is different from a watchtower in that it is not freestanding like a watchtower, although they are used for a similar purpose the Turret of a medieval castle would rest on one of the castles main towers, so in effect it was added to the main structure.
Whereas a tower comes from the ground up a turret projects from the edge of the building, this is the main difference and because of this Turrets are usually smaller than towers as the building and not the ground has to absorb the weight of the turret. Small Castle Turret added to outer walls. A castle turret served several purposes, the main purpose was that the turret like a watchtower provided a degree of the surrounding land, as castles were usually built high up on hills this gave the soldiers inside a fantastic view for miles and they would be able to see an enemy and others approaching the castle from miles away.
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