I recognize that there's very good reason to limit people to one contiguous, rectangular claim. However, I was just thinking that there are perfectly good reasons to want to claim a well or trading booth set up at some distance from your claim/village. What if it were possible, at a fairly steep cost either in LP or mats, to build a small second claim that would be limited to a 4x4 area? Seems like you could protect a non-contiguous asset that way without interfering with the game mechanics too much.
The only problem i could see with this is someone putting a secondary claim right at a cave opening...
Lemme know if y'all agree or if i'm just off my rocker