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Book 4. (1 results) Nomads of Gor (Individual Quote)

The tower itself was some one hundred and forty feet in height and had a diameter of about fifty feet. - (Nomads of Gor, Chapter 20, Sentence #37)
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20 37 The View more quotes about tower">tower itself was some one hundred and forty feet in height and had a diameter of about fifty feet.

Book 4. (7 results) Nomads of Gor (Context Quote)

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20 34 The bridge permitted access to the tower from the building on the roof of which we stood.
20 35 Indeed, it provided the only access, save on tarnback, for there are no doors at ground level in a Gorean keep.
20 36 The first sixty feet or so of the tower would presumably be solid stone, to protect the tower from forced entrance or the immediate, efficient use of battering rams.
20 37 The tower itself was some one hundred and forty feet in height and had a diameter of about fifty feet.
20 38 It was furnished with numerous ports for the use of bowmen.
20 39 The roof of the tower, which might have been fortified with impaling spears and tarn wire, was now clear, to permit the descent of tarns and their riders.
20 40 On the roof, as we lay there, we could hear, now and then, someone run along the footbridge.
The bridge permitted access to the tower from the building on the roof of which we stood. Indeed, it provided the only access, save on tarnback, for there are no doors at ground level in a Gorean keep. The first sixty feet or so of the tower would presumably be solid stone, to protect the tower from forced entrance or the immediate, efficient use of battering rams. The tower itself was some one hundred and forty feet in height and had a diameter of about fifty feet. It was furnished with numerous ports for the use of bowmen. The roof of the tower, which might have been fortified with impaling spears and tarn wire, was now clear, to permit the descent of tarns and their riders. On the roof, as we lay there, we could hear, now and then, someone run along the footbridge. - (Nomads of Gor)