Answer:
A tower at the root of all confusion.
An image taken from real life
Passed from father to son and shared between brothers, its importance is unquestioned though it is used more by others.
Meat that has been cured by being cut into long, thin strips and dried
Mary's child slept in one of these
If itβs information you seek, come and see me. If itβs pairs of letters you need, I have consecutively three. What am I?