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Latitude: 55.951 / 55°57'3"N
Longitude: -3.2723 / 3°16'20"W
OS Eastings: 320644
OS Northings: 673839
OS Grid: NT206738
Mapcode National: GBR 84G.N6
Mapcode Global: WH6SK.PPY7
Plus Code: 9C7RXP2H+C3
Entry Name: Clermiston Tower, Corstorphine Hill, Edinburgh
Listing Name: Corstorphine Hill, Clermiston Tower (Scott Centenary Memorial)
Listing Date: 14 December 1970
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 365138
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27805
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Corstorphine Hill Tower
Edinburgh, Corstorphine Hill, Clermiston Tower
ID on this website: 200365138
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Drum Brae/Gyle
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Monument
1871 for William Macfie. 5-stage, square plan, crenellated tower with turret. Rubble sandstone; bull-faced dressings. Angle buttresses; dividing band courses; quoins; long and short surrounds to openings; corbelled battlements; moulded eaves.
W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: inscription over panelled cast-iron door at ground; single rectangular opening to each stage aligned above.
N, E AND S ELEVATIONS: as above, except single round arch blocked opening at ground.
INTERIOR: spiral iron staircase of 100 steps.
Formerly entitled Corstorphine Hill Tower. Erected by William Macfie of Clermiston to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Walter Scott. Presented in 1932 to the City of Edinburgh by W G Walker. Notable for its panoramic view of Edinburgh, the Pentlands and the Firth of Forth.
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