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	==Tower (~~Noun~~)==		==Tower ([[Architecture]])==
	A '''tower''' in, in effect, the medieval skyscraper writ smaller (due to the limitations of technique).		A '''tower''' in, in effect, the [[medieval]] skyscraper writ smaller (due to the limitations of technique).

	Circular or square, towers were generally stone-built. On their own they form [[Norman]]-period [[keep]]s or middle-period [[England\|Anglo]]-[[Scotland\|Scottish]] '''pele''' towers. A similar construction earlier in history in Scotland, was the '''broch''', which had double walls, with a stair between them, which offered a primitive system of insulation.		Circular or square, towers were generally [[stone]]-built. On their own they form [[Norman]]-period [[keep]]s or middle-period [[England\|Anglo]]-[[Scotland\|Scottish]] ''pele'' towers. A similar construction earlier in history in Scotland, was the ''broch'', which had double walls, with a stair between them, which offered a primitive system of insulation.

	The virtue of the tower was that it offered multiple use of the same square footage of ground, and piling more people and things into the same area which only had to be defenced once. It also offered a height advantage to those defenders over any attackers. Towers became commonly used in the [[curtain]] [[wall]]s of [[castle]]s, as strongpoints, and to protect corners and apertures like gateways.		The virtue of the tower was that it offered multiple use of the same square footage of ground, and piling more people and things into the same area which only had to be defenced once. It also offered a height advantage to those defenders over any attackers. Towers became commonly used in the [[curtain]] [[wall]]s of [[castle]]s, as strongpoints, and to protect corners and apertures like gateways.

	==Tower, ~~The~~ ~~(Pronoun)~~==		==The "Tower" in London==
	'''The Tower''' is a term used to describe the White Tower of [[London]]. Used initially as defence and later as a prison. Located originally on the banks of the [[Thames River]] it now sits a distance from the river due to the filling in off the banks.		'''The Tower''' is a term used to describe the [[White Tower]] of [[London]]. Used initially as defence and later as a [[prison]]. Located originally on the banks of the [[Thames River]] it now sits a distance from the river due to the filling in off the banks.

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			==Tower (Noun)==
	A '''tower''' in, in effect, the medieval skyscraper writ smaller (due to the limitations of technique).		A '''tower''' in, in effect, the medieval skyscraper writ smaller (due to the limitations of technique).

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	The virtue of the tower was that it offered multiple use of the same square footage of ground, and piling more people and things into the same area which only had to be defenced once. It also offered a height advantage to those defenders over any attackers. Towers became commonly used in the [[curtain]] [[wall]]s of [[castle]]s, as strongpoints, and to protect corners and apertures like gateways.		The virtue of the tower was that it offered multiple use of the same square footage of ground, and piling more people and things into the same area which only had to be defenced once. It also offered a height advantage to those defenders over any attackers. Towers became commonly used in the [[curtain]] [[wall]]s of [[castle]]s, as strongpoints, and to protect corners and apertures like gateways.

			==Tower, The (Pronoun)==
			'''The Tower''' is a term used to describe the White Tower of [[London]]. Used initially as defence and later as a prison. Located originally on the banks of the [[Thames River]] it now sits a distance from the river due to the filling in off the banks.

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A '''tower''' in, in effect, the medieval skyscraper writ smaller (due to the limitations of technique).

Circular or square, towers were generally stone-built. On their own they form [[Norman]]-period [[keep]]s or middle-period [[England|Anglo]]-[[Scotland|Scottish]] '''pele''' towers. A similar construction earlier in history in Scotland, was the '''broch''', which had double walls, with a stair between them, which offered a primitive system of insulation.

The virtue of the tower was that it offered multiple use of the same square footage of ground, and piling more people and things into the same area which only had to be defenced once. It also offered a height advantage to those defenders over any attackers. Towers became commonly used in the [[curtain]] [[wall]]s of [[castle]]s, as strongpoints, and to protect corners and apertures like gateways.

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	==The "Tower" in London==		==The "Tower" in London==
	'''The Tower''' is a term used to describe the [[White Tower]] of [[London]]. Used initially as defence and later as a [[prison]]. Located originally on the banks of the [[Thames River]] it now sits a distance from the river due to the filling in off the banks.		'''The Tower''' is a term used to describe the [[White Tower]] of [[London]]. Used initially as defence and later as a [[prison]]. Located originally on the banks of the [[Thames River]] it now sits a distance from the river due to the filling in off the banks.

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