RE: the Towers.

[Mänwe]

I believe the quote that Rune and The Might are referring to is the following from the Silmarillion;

“It is said that the towers of Emyn Beraid were not built indeed by the Exiles of Númenor, but were raised by Gil-galad for Elendil, his friend; and the Seeing Stone of Emyn Beraid was set in Elostirion, the tallest of the towers.” – (Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, Silmarillion)

“towers of” therefore includes all those on the Emyn Beraid, however there is a quote earlier that states;

“Elendil was cast up by the waves in the land of Lindon, and he was befriended by Gil-galad. Thence he passed up the River Lhûn, and beyond Ered Luin he established his realm, and his people dwelt in many places in Eriador about the courses of the Lhûn and the Baranduin; but his chief city was at Annúminas beside the water of Lake Nenuial. At Fornost upon the North Downs also the Númenóreans dwelt, and in Cardolan, and in the hills of Rhudaur; and towers they raised upon Emyn Beraid and upon Amon Sûl;” - (Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, Silmarillion)

So could the later quote be referring to elf built towers, different from those raised by Elendil’s people or as I highlighted, “towers of Emyn Beraid” means all those on and around the Tower Hills?

The dream that The Might has quoted was a much ‘pruned’ version of three drafts written by Tolkien, where Gandalf is imprisoned in Elostirion. In ‘The Treason of Isengard’ HoME Vol VII in ‘Chapter V: 'A Conspiracy Unmasked’ (with 'The Dream of the Tower'). However we know that the truth of Gandalf’s delay is because of his imprisonment in Orthanc, which Frodo also dreams about.

[Sardy]

If I recall correctly, weren't the towers also mentioned near the beginning of Fellowship? In fact, I believe that they may have been within sight of the Shire (able to be seen from the top of the Hill?). Again, I definitely need to go back and look, but I do seem to recall that the Hobbits regarded them with a certain degree of trepidation, as if, perhaps, they were haunted...?

[The Might]

I got the quote you mentioned.
They are indeed mentioned in the beginning of LOTR:

For the Elves of the High Kindred had not yet forsaken Middle-earth, and they dwelt still at that time at the Grey Havens away to the west, and in other places within reach of the Shire. Three Elf-towers of immemorial age were still to be seen on the Tower Hills beyond the western marches. They shone far off in the moonlight. The tallest was furthest away, standing alone upon a green mound. The Hobbits of the Westfarthing said that one could see the Sea from the lop of that tower; but no Hobbit had ever been known to climb it. Indeed, few Hobbits had ever seen or sailed upon the Sea, and fewer still had ever returned to report it. Most Hobbits regarded even rivers and small boats with deep misgivings, and not many of them could swim. And as the days of the Shire lengthened they spoke less and less with the Elves, and grew afraid of them, and distrustful of those that had dealings with them; and the Sea became a word of fear among them, and a token of death, and they turned their faces away from the hills in the west.