Turret (architecture)

In architecture, a turret is a small circular tower, usually notably smaller than the main structure, that projects outwards from a wall or corner of that structure.^[1] Turret also refers to the small towers built atop larger tower structures.

^ Gorse, Christopher A.; Johnston, David; Pritchard, Martin, eds. (2020). A dictionary of construction, surveying, and civil engineering. Oxford quick reference (Second ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-883248-5.

[1] Gorse, Christopher A.; Johnston, David; Pritchard, Martin, eds. (2020). A dictionary of construction, surveying, and civil engineering. Oxford quick reference (Second ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-883248-5.

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