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Castles maybe not, but town walls I think show some examples, ie York:
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dosvCi_z26g/ ... s-walk.jpg
York is interesting in that at some places the external wall is barely taller than me standing with my arms outstretched - albeit on a good sized embankment but I still reckon I could climb it.

Or Southampton:
https://www.jurysinns.com/files/images/ ... argate.jpg

From memory La Rochelle had a similar set-up.

There is also the human reaction to taxes for the common good “you want them ‘ow tall?! Beggone varlet, I’m not paying for that!”

Besides, it would cost £17 per wall section to double the height and it’s been an expensive year so far!

I think it looks good for town walls.

The York walls are also (mostly) on a grassy bank. You could always make a set of detachable banks for those occasions when you want more elevation.

I was told that the banked earth against the walls at York was a post medieval measure to increase resistance to cannon fire but it is still a good way of increasing the height.
Of course there could be more of the stuff out there. The recent sale on Flea bay may bring some more out?

Neanderthal wrote: ↑Sat Oct 26, 2019 4:41 pm I was told that the banked earth against the walls at York was a post medieval measure to increase resistance to cannon fire but it is still a good way of increasing the height.

Wasn't it because of the lack of available elevation for Medieval Artillery and a earth bank being much more resistant to canon fire?
Berwick Town walls are on a bank too IIRC

levied troop wrote: ↑Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:54 pm Besides, it would cost £17 per wall section to double the height and it’s been an expensive year so far!

Is that post-decimal, or at ye olde mediaeval prices? Time to start thrashing those varlets a little more soundly, methinks*!

(* I know, I know - I hate that word, but it just seemed right here. )

Thinking I'm going to purchase this file set as I'm not seeing anything off the shelf that I fancy.

https://holvi.com/shop/6GWBSw/product/a ... fc016d535/

That looks nice and I think the slight roughness to 3d print surfaces actually suits these buildings.

I was very tempted by this lot:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/11 ... enegs-city
But at the moment I’m sorted for buildings and walls.

They look very nice but my little printer doesn't have a big enough bed to do those buildings, unless I sliced them down to sections. Plus it would probably cost a fortune in resin

I've had a bit of a think on wall height and I think I'll stick with what I've got - the embankment approach is useful but I'm aiming at a mainly pre-big artillery period and it does present some expensive problems with the gatehouse.

Besides, I may have mislead you with the idea that those were the castle walls. Oh no, those were the curtain walls. Here's the castle walls: