Liberton Tower View from North East also showing gable end of farmhouse
SC 565237
Description Liberton Tower View from North East also showing gable end of farmhouse
Catalogue Number SC 565237
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 38783
Scope and Content Liberton Tower, Liberton Drive, Liberton, Edinburgh Liberton Tower, a late medieval tower-house, stands perched on a ridge to the west of Liberton. The tower, built in the 15th century by the Dalmahoy family, has a splendid uninterrupted view north over Edinburgh to the Firth of Forth. This four-storeyed rectangular tower, with thick rubble walls, has a pitched roof of stone slabs surrounded by a parapet walk. The windows are mostly original chamfered openings, and a worn carved panel high up on the south wall is the sole decoration. In the 16th century the tower was owned by William Little, a merchant, who was Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1586-91, and whose brother, Clement, an advocate, gifted several hundred books to found the library of Edinburgh University. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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