Tower Defences – Reading Walls and Towers

A guide to the Tower’s defensive layers: from ditch to parapet, and how forms adapted to new warfare.

11/27/2025

12 min read

Curtain walls and towers of the Tower of London

Defensive Grammar

Curtain walls distribute load and line-of-sight control.
Towers project to improve flanking fire.

Evolution

Arrow loops to gunports: a shift in weapons logic.

Image Highlights

Walls 1 Walls 2 Tower cluster

Bottom Line

Fortification is a moving target—the Tower records centuries of responses.

L'autore

Fortification Analyst

Ho creato questo per aiutarti a vivere la Torre di Londra in modo intelligente — ritmo chiaro, timing migliore e contesto che fa vibrare ogni cappella, corona e corridoio di pietra.