The defences of tower houses were primarily aimed to provide protection against smaller raiding parties and were not intended to put up significant opposition to an organised military assault, leading historian Stuart Reid to characterise them as "defensible rather than defensive".
The defences of tower houses were primarily aimed to provide protection against smaller raiding parties, leading historian Stuart Reid to characterise them as "defensible rather than defensive". The defences of tower houses were not intended to put up significant opposition to an organised military assault to characterise them as "defensible rather than defensive". Leading historian Stuart Reid was an organised military assault.