mjkerner Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Like a Norman keep? Are they even do-able in CMx2? Thanx 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MengJiao Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Like a Norman keep? Are they even do-able in CMx2? Thanx There are some ancient earthworks in Normandy. I haven't seen them in person or read of any excavations, but you can see the tell-tale traces in such things as round enclosures and isolated high stands of trees. You might be able to simulate them as rubble with trees on top. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyJJ Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Aren't late medieval two-storey dovecotes also round? Smaller scale than an actual building, I know, but as flavour objects. Or are these only found in the UK? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCScipio Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Aren't late medieval two-storey dovecotes also round? Smaller scale than an actual building, I know, but as flavour objects. Or are these only found in the UK? I've seen them in Normandy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brittany_Spear Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Aren't late medieval two-storey dovecotes also round? Smaller scale than an actual building, I know, but as flavour objects. Or are these only found in the UK? More common would be silos - round buildings used for storing feed and grain. http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1119412736049760384HCgRiq The silos have actually informed American architectural design: "In Normandy, silos were often attached to the main living quarters instead of a separate barn. After World War I, Americans romanticized the traditional French farmhouse, creating a charming French Country style known as French Normandy. Sided with stone, stucco, or brick, these homes may suggest the Tudor style with decorative half timbering (vertical, horizontal, and diagonal strips of wood set in masonry). The French Normandy style is distinguished by a round stone tower (the silo), topped by a cone-shaped roof." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 My first instinct is that is the base of a windmill rather than a silo for grain. AFAIK Normandy was not known for grain, historically people would grow sufficient for their needs plus a tad. If in the decades before WW2 grain had been commercialised to a scale then I would think you would have concrete or metal silos and they would not be isolated. As for the Normandy style I can recall a few manoir which might have had a round tower but rarish say 3%. Now whether that is because they were destroyed, or in fact where rare in the first place I have no idea. Fortunately we do have French players here so perhaps one is an architectural buff. : ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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