I’m wondering… Maybe we should talk to the elders and systematically collect, gather and publish their memories and stories. There’s not much time left :/.

Although the word “tourette” exists in French (I don’t know how academic it is, but everybody would understand that it means “small tower” indeed), this particular building feature is not officially called “tourette”. Those ones (Magdala and Cazemajou) flank a wall without touching the ground. We call those “échauguettes”. Wikipedia gives the English word “bartizan” as a translation for “échauguette”.