Edinburgh, Corstorphine Hill, Clermiston Tower
Commemorative Monument (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Corstorphine Hill, Clermiston Tower
Classification Commemorative Monument (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Corstorphine Hill Tower; Walter Scott Centenary Memorial
Canmore ID 122177
Site Number NT27SW 907
NGR NT 20644 73839
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/122177
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Project (1997)
The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (http://www.pmsa.org.uk/) set up a National Recording Project in 1997 with the aim of making a survey of public monuments and sculpture in Britain ranging from medieval monuments to the most contemporary works. Information from the Edinburgh project was added to the RCAHMS database in October 2010 and again in 2012.
The PMSA (Public Monuments and Sculpture Association) Edinburgh Sculpture Project has been supported by Eastern Photocolour, Edinburgh College of Art, the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, Historic Scotland, the Hope Scott Trust, The Old Edinburgh Club, the Pilgrim Trust, the RCAHMS, and the Scottish Archive Network.
Field Visit (13 March 2005)
Tall square tower, five storeys high, with buttressed corners up to the second floor. Castellated top with small castellated turret. Small grilled windows on each floor, apart from the ground floor which has blocked up windows.
Inscriptions : (incised letters):
CORSTORPHINE / HILL / TOWER / SIR WALTER SCOTT 1771-1832 / ERECTED IN 1871 BY WM MACFIE OF CLERMISTON / PRESENTED IN 1932 TO THE CITY / BY W. G. WALKER C.A. F.S.A. SCOT.
Signatures : None
Design period : 1871
Year of unveiling : 1871
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN1390)
