watchtower

Example Sentences

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The Jail Cafe’s first location in Silver Lake — now home to El Cid — had a stone façade with a guard’s watchtower, complete with a guard, out front.

From Los Angeles Times

To Tolkien fans, that description might conjure up images of Sauron's fiery, ocular watchtower rather than the weapon used to defeat his evil forces.

From Salon

A historic castle in Gaziantep, first built as a watchtower in the second and third centuries, was heavily damaged in the quake.

From New York Times

Cultural loss: Gaziantep Castle, which was built as a watchtower in the Roman period, was heavily damaged.

From New York Times

Gaziantep Castle was built as a watchtower in the Roman period, in the second and third centuries.

From New York Times