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Corstorphine Hill Tower

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Corstorphine Hill Tower. Sir Walter Scott 1771-1832. Erected in 1871 by Wm. McFie of Clermiston. Presented in 1932 to the city by W.G. Walker C.A. F.S.A. Scot.

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