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Portobello Tower
or Portobello Castle

History

Portobello Tower is the building standing in its own walled grounds beside the shore at the extreme right of this engraving, published in Old & New Edinburgh in 1890:

Portobello Sands

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Portobello Tower was built for the lawyer John Cunningham in 1785.  It was built of rubble with a red brick dressing and is a mix of many architectural styles from late medieval to late C17.

The Buildings of Scotland - Edinburgh [John Gifford et al.]  1984

The building is said to incorporate fragments of Old College, Edinburgh Mercat Cross and St Andrews' Cathedral.

Annals of Duddingston and Portobello [William Baird.]  1898

Portobello Tower (or at least part of it) is still standing, but amidst high buildings.  Until recently there was an amusement arcade between the tower and the sands, but this arcade may now have been replaced by new housing.

Portobello Castle

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