What is recorded here
Liberton Tower was built in the late 16th century by the Forman family, a prominent Edinburgh merchant and landowning family. It is remembered as a fine example of a late medieval tower house and as part of the historic landscape of the City of Edinburgh.
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Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0