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Topic: Term for the top of a tower
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itsme
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posted 10-18-2004 12:20 PM
  
Research is always so fun! I'm looking for the proper name, if there is one, for the top of a castle tower? Or is it just called the top of a tower? How big would this area be, approximately, if it was a "normal" sized tower? And it would be bordered by crenellations? Or would it be a solid wall surrounding the edge? And approximately how tall would those be? Thank you for your help! |
Levan
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posted 10-19-2004 04:30 AM
I'm afraid there's no such thing as 'normal'!Some towers have crenellations; some don't. Some have solid walls; others are decorated with finials and water spouts. Some have cap-houses; some have belvederes; some have cupolas or plain conical roofs; some flat; others towers are topped with overhanging wooden hoardings and machicolations. Basically, they're all different depending on when and where they were built, by whom and why! Do you have any particular types of castle in mind? |
Maria
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posted 10-19-2004 10:47 AM
In the Lazarea Castle, which is in the center of Romania, the two towers were called cabbage tower and cheese tower, because they used to store cabbage and cheese in them during the winter. Those were also the towers where the sons of the nobleman slept, in the upper rooms. The rooms were square, with little windows and thick walls.
If you're doing research for a novel, I suppose the name of the towers isn't noble enough. But it's practical (and funny). |
itsme
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posted 10-20-2004 06:54 PM
Well I see I didn't give enough information! :-) I have in mind a tower that has a flat top where you could go to look out over the countryside. Or maybe have a roofside garden area. I just thought maybe it had a proper name of some sort rather than just the tower top or something general like that. |
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