Acap-house (sometimes written cap houseorcaphouse) is a small watch room, built at the top of a spiral staircase, often giving access to a parapet on the roof of a tower houseorcastle. They provided protection from the elements by enclosing the top of the stairway, and sometimes incorporated windows or gun loops. They were built in various forms, including square turrets, simple boxes, or small houses with gabled roofs, which were sometimes large enough to provide accommodation for a look-out.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Cap-houses were an authentic feature of the design of medieval and early-modern tower houses in Scotland, and were a frequent element used in the later Scottish Baronial architecture.
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