"watch tower" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1794, Charlotte Smith, “Avis au Lecteur”, in The Banished Man. […], volume II, London: […] T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell) […], →OCLC, pages iii–iv:",
          "text": "For my part, who can now no longer build chateaux even en Eſpagne, I find that Mowbray Caſtle, Graſmere Abbey, the caſtle of Rock-March, the caſtle of Hauteville, and Rayland Hall, have taken ſo many of my materials to conſtruct, that I have hardly a watch tower, a Gothic arch, a cedar parlour, or a long gallery, an illuminated window, or a ruined chapel, left to help myſelf.",
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          "ref": "1858, [Louisa Matilda Spooner], Gladys of Harlech; an Historical Romance, volume I, London: Charles J. Skeet, […], page 37:",
          "text": "They were interrupted by the entrance of a youth from one of the watch towers of the castle, who communicated intelligence that the army of the Yorkists was in sight.",
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          "ref": "1931 July 13, Commerce Reports, number 28, page 112, column 1:",
          "text": "The walls, moats, gates, and watch towers of the castle remain, but the main keep has not been rebuilt; […]",
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          "text": "For my part, who can now no longer build chateaux even en Eſpagne, I find that Mowbray Caſtle, Graſmere Abbey, the caſtle of Rock-March, the caſtle of Hauteville, and Rayland Hall, have taken ſo many of my materials to conſtruct, that I have hardly a watch tower, a Gothic arch, a cedar parlour, or a long gallery, an illuminated window, or a ruined chapel, left to help myſelf.",
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