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I've been re-vamping my Scottish walled town for our ECW gaming.

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I'll need to acquire 3 more wall sections from Anyscale & I think I'll make a separate base board for it but I think this will provide some nice enough terrain to fight over.

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Ooo that looks rather nice.
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Happy to be corrected, but I'm not sure that walled towns were really a thing in mid-17th Century Scotland.
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excellent
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BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:34 pm Happy to be corrected, but I'm not sure that walled towns were really a thing in mid-17th Century Scotland.
I think you're right - the place was terminally poor & small urban centres would not have been able to build walls. However various large towns/cities were walled eg Kirkcudbright had a "mickle gate & wall" when besieged by one of those Sassenach Carletons in the 1500s. Been there and there are remains of the wall.

I just have trouble calling my structure a "city" though it'll probably represent Perth or some such.

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I just think that walls of that size and sturdiness would have been protecting a proper castle establishment rather than a few hairy-roofed bothies.
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BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:10 pm I just think that walls of that size and sturdiness would have been protecting a proper castle establishment rather than a few hairy-roofed bothies.
I think you're right but in my "imaginarium", the ECW in Scotland will be fought over the probably implausible impressive walls defending the mean wee hooses.

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BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:10 pm I just think that walls of that size and sturdiness would have been protecting a proper castle establishment rather than a few hairy-roofed bothies.
As always, you've given me something to think about.
Anyscale offers this:

https://anyscalemodels.co.uk/products/scottish-castle

I could clear out the domestic buildings & use this as a keep.
But I'm not sure - a medieval-looking castle is something for Lion Rampant, not the ECW.

Still thinking....

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Superb! :)
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BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:10 pm I just think that walls of that size and sturdiness would have been protecting a proper castle establishment rather than a few hairy-roofed bothies.
Most Castles in Scotland probably were exactly as the OP looks, a decent wall surrounding a tower and a few "hairy-roofed bothies"?
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