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>Also the movement from square towers to round ones, once again as a defense for sapping I thought the move to round towers was due to the increased effectiven
by hermitcrab 1y ago
>Also the movement from square towers to round ones, once again as a defense for sapping
I thought the move to round towers was due to the increased effectiveness of canon.
- SJC_Hacker 1y agoRound towers and concentric design started to become popular in the 13th century which was well before cannon were useful. Cannon were not all that practical until the mid-15th century, which is when you started to see the "star" fort design, and the replacement of stone with earth and brick, lower walls that were more sloped.