What is recorded here
Cammo Tower is a 19th-century water tower for Cammo House, standing beside a ruined stable block and ornamental canal in a wilderness park six miles west of Edinburgh. The estate belonged to John Menzies, then the Watsons of Saughton, before vandals torched the house twice in 1977 and the City of Edinburgh Council took the grounds in 1980. People still walk past the octagonal clock tower and cobblestone courtyard, imagining the servants, cattle and visitors who once moved through that strange abandoned grandeur.
A named place photographed at this map point in City of Edinburgh.
Places near here
Edinburgh, Cammo Road, Cammo House, StablesStable (19th Century) · 122 yd
Standing StoneArchaeological place · 195 yd
Cammo CanalCanal (18th Century) · 199 yd
Edinburgh, Cammo Road, Cammo HouseCountry House (17th Century) · 242 yd
Cammo EstateVisitor information · 248 yd
River AlmondVisitor information · 1130 yd
Hags BraeWood · 1621 yd
The Island Pool, River AlmondIsland · 1.1 mi
Gogar BankNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Glenpunty WoodWood · 1.3 mi
Gyle ParkNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.4 mi
Air control towerCastle, fort or tower · 1.7 miOther information
Photo: Kevin Rae · CC BY-SA 2.0