Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Corstorphine HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess No OpeningTime1 14:00 - 16:00 OpeningDate1 28/9/2019 OpeningDate2 29/9/2019 OpeningTime2 10:00 - 12:00; 14:00 - 16:00 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 9419 Refreshments No Street The street address Corstorphine Hill AddressLine2 Clermiston Road Postcode EH12 6LR Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corstorphine Hill Tower Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived edinburgh Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1559 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.95102,-3.272353; Description An account of the resource <p>This Tower on the summit of Corstorphine Hill was built as a viewpoint and as a memorial to Sir Walter Scott in 1871, 100 years after Scott's death. It is built of local stone and is ascended by an internal staircase to the viewing platform. From above the surrounding trees there are magnificent views of the City, the Pentland Hills, the Ochills, the Fife Coast and the Firth of Forth. It is opened by volunteers from The Friends of Corstorphine Hill.</p><p>The access is via a gated driveway with a signpost at the top of the hill which is Clermiston Road.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1871