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Round towers defended the castle against a cannon better than a wall with a corner. On a castle, a corner was a sort of weak point.
Get it... Corner, point.
Anyway, if a cannon hit a corner then two walls would collapse. And with a round tower, one wall would collapse. So not as much damage would be made.
Also, most of the time there would be another round wall inside the tower so that if the cannon breaks through one wall it would have to go through another.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoround towers were used for the hight so when the defenders try to get in they found it difficult. and this can be built anywhere
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