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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.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 but in my "imaginarium", the ECW in Scotland will be fought over the probably implausible impressive walls defending the mean wee hooses.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.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"?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.