The primary reason behind the construction of castle turrets was military. Thanks to the fact that they projected away from the exterior of castle walls or towers, turrets gave the garrison a greater line of sight. Soldiers inside the turret could more easily view the exterior of the tower or curtain walls adjacent to the turret itself, and fire upon besiegers who gathered at the base of those walls. In this way, they functioned much like a bartizan. Turrets also provided the castle garrison with improved views of the surrounding countryside — this was particularly true of tall turrets which projected from castle towers.
These turrets built at great heights provided a degree vision of the approaches to the castle, allowing the defenders of the fortification to see an enemy coming a long way off, and giving them more time to prepare for a siege. Therefore, turrets essentially fulfilled the functions of a watchtower as well as being militarily useful in the event of a siege assault, and not so vulnerable to assault as a freestanding watchtower.
The great Eagle Tower at Caernarfon Castle in Wales has three very tall turrets which greatly increased the ability of the garrison to spot the movements of enemy forces. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Ewing, published by Smithsonian Books.
In fact, the building was altered even before it existed: Renwick conceived the central portion with three stories, but one of those floors was lost to preconstruction cost cutting. The great hall on the first floor now a visitors' center was originally intended to be a library and a lecture hall. By the time the building opened, it had become a space for displaying natural history specimens; many years later, parts of it would take a turn as a library and a site for graphic arts exhibits.
A great hall directly above the lower hall was first meant to be exhibition space. When the building opened, it held instead a lecture hall seating 1, to 2, people, a scientific apparatus room and an art gallery. But that configuration did not survive a disastrous fire in When the second floor was rebuilt, it belatedly became, and for more than 40 years remained, exhibition space.
The upper hall was eventually compromised into two levels of offices. If you stand on the Mall and face the building, you can see that in the central portion to the left and right of the entrance, Renwick designed the upper windows to light a single story of generous height. Still grand on the exterior, the windows have been divided within by the insertion of a new floor. The approaching th anniversary of the Castle's completion—in December—is, in a sense, nothing of the sort because the building has never really been completed.
The castle turret allow the lord and military in the castle to prepare for an attack or siege. The views from the castle turret let the king and his soldiers know when it was safe to leave the castle.
A medieval castle could have both turrets and towers or not. A castle turret was a small tower that was an added structure to a castle that rested on the castles main towers vertically and gave excellent views of the land surrounding the castle.
Some castles had a combination of small turrets and larger towers, the turrets provided a good look out point from a defensive perspective. Castle Turret added to a Castles Tower.
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