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tower house
A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation.〔Sidney Toy (1985) ''Castles: Their Construction and History'', Courier Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-24898-4 (reissue of ''Castles: a short history of fortification from 1600 B.C. to A.D. 1600''; London: Heinemann, 1939)〕 ==History== Tower houses began to appear in the Middle Ages, especially in mountainous or limited access areas, in order to command and defend strategic points with reduced forces. At the same time, they were also used as an aristocrat's residence, around which a castle town was often constructed.
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