Liberton Tower
| Liberton Tower | |
|---|---|
| Edinburgh, Scotland | |
 Liberton Tower | |
  Liberton Tower | |
| Coordinates | 55°54′52″N 3°10′38″W / 55.9145774°N 3.1773502°W |
| Site history | |
| Built | 15th century |
Liberton Tower is a four-storey, square-plan tower house in the Edinburgh suburb of Liberton, on the east side of the Braid Hills.
History
Located in Over or Upper Liberton, it was originally owned by the Dalmahoy family, whose arms appear on a carved panel on the south wall. Records of it being in their possession date back to 1453, but the provenance of the tower before that is not known.[1]
It passed to a branch of the Forrester family of
Provost of Edinburgh in 1586 and 1591. Provost Little built the nearby Liberton House, and the castle was abandoned in 1610, being subsequently used for agricultural storage.[2]
Deposits of
Third English Civil War.[3] Other evidence to this effect is the removal of the parapets, damage to the tower and the finding of cannonballs in nearby fields.[3]
Design
Liberton Tower provides a good example of a typical noble residence of its period, one of the relatively few that were not substantially altered in later centuries.
The 15th-century structure is well preserved and was restored in 1994. It is used for holiday lets.[5][6]
See also
References
Notes
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Liberton Tower.
- ^ Campbell, Alexander (1802). A journey from Edinburgh through parts of North Britain. A. Strahan. p. 292.
- ^ Aboon the Kirk | Interesting places in Liberton [part 16], The Liberton Association, 2020
- ^ a b c "Edinburgh, Liberton Drive, Liberton Tower". rcahms.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ a b MacCannell, Daniel (2015). How to Read Scottish Buildings. Edinburgh: Birlinn Ltd. p. 15.
- ISBN 0-7153-2212-5.
- ^ "Liberton Tower". libertontower.com. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
Sources
- Coventry, Martin (2006). The Castles of Scotland. Birlinn. ISBN 1-84158-449-5.